The Mayans may not have been too far off predicting the end of the world in just 15 days, because today the Mormon church announced that it is softening its stance on homosexuality.

Maybe it was the Mormon church largely funding California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8. Maybe they just really liked the Tony Award-winning Book of Mormon. Either way, a group of 150 Mormons quit the church in a mass resignation ceremony to express their displeasure with the religion.