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Rich Raddon was a director of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and has served as a producer of several independent films.  Raddon was one of the most prominent Latter-day Saints to lose his job as a result of following the counsel of the [[First Presidency]] to support [[Mormons and "Yes on 8"|Proposition 8]].
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[[image: Mormon_Rich_Raddon3.jpg|150px|right|alt=Mormon Richard Raddon|Mormon Richard Raddon]]Rich Raddon was a director of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and has served as a producer of several independent films.  Raddon was one of the most prominent Latter-day Saints to lose his job as a result of following the counsel of the [[First Presidency]] to support [[Mormons and "Yes on 8"|Proposition 8]].
  
 
Raddon is a [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] (LDS).<ref>[http://www.ldsfilm.com/bio/bioR.html Biographies of LDS film personalities]</ref>  He received a bachelors degree in business finance from [[Brigham Young University]] in 1991.  In 2008 he headed the direction of the LDS [[First Presidency]] and donated to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California.  Raddon resigned from his LA Independent Film Festival position following the passage of Proposition 8, saying he was "profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent".<ref>[http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=42139 Rich Raddon resigns as director of LA Film Festival]</ref>
 
Raddon is a [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] (LDS).<ref>[http://www.ldsfilm.com/bio/bioR.html Biographies of LDS film personalities]</ref>  He received a bachelors degree in business finance from [[Brigham Young University]] in 1991.  In 2008 he headed the direction of the LDS [[First Presidency]] and donated to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California.  Raddon resigned from his LA Independent Film Festival position following the passage of Proposition 8, saying he was "profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent".<ref>[http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=42139 Rich Raddon resigns as director of LA Film Festival]</ref>

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Mormon Richard Raddon
Rich Raddon was a director of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and has served as a producer of several independent films. Raddon was one of the most prominent Latter-day Saints to lose his job as a result of following the counsel of the First Presidency to support Proposition 8.

Raddon is a Latter-day Saint (LDS).[1] He received a bachelors degree in business finance from Brigham Young University in 1991. In 2008 he headed the direction of the LDS First Presidency and donated to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California. Raddon resigned from his LA Independent Film Festival position following the passage of Proposition 8, saying he was "profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent".[2]

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