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‘Mormon Land’: Retired Justice Christine Durham discusses her LDS faith, her struggles with some church policies and her ties to a former court colleague: Dallin Oaks

(Scott Sommerdorf   |  The Salt Lake Tribune)   
Justice Justice Christine Durham retired after 35 years on the Utah Supreme Court. She poses for a photo in the Utah Supreme Court, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Justice Justice Christine Durham retired after 35 years on the Utah Supreme Court. She poses for a photo in the Utah Supreme Court, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.

Christine Durham, the first female justice on the Utah Supreme Court, is well known as a trailblazing legal eagle and feminist role model. Less known is her relationship with her Mormon faith.

On this edition of “Mormon Land,” the recently retired Durham talks about her continuing devotion to her church, her struggles with some of its policies and her association with a former court colleague: Dallin H. Oaks, recently installed as the first counselor in the faith’s governing First Presidency.

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