Thousands in Salt Lake City protest LDS stance on same-sex marriage

[Shana A]

Thousands in Salt Lake City protest LDS stance on same-sex marriage
By Peggy Fletcher Stack and Jessica Ravitz
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 11/09/2008 08:38:41 AM MST

http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10929992?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltr

Opponents of a measure that banned gay marriage in California took their outrage to the spiritual hub of Mormonism on Friday.
    More than 3,000 people swarmed downtown Salt Lake City to march past the LDS temple and church headquarters, protesting Mormon involvement in the campaign for California's Proposition 8. The measure, which defined marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman, passed this week.
    A sea of signs in City Creek Park, where the march began, screamed out messages including, "I didn't vote on your marriage," "Mormons once persecuted . . . Now persecutors," and "Jesus said love everyone." Others read, "Proud of my two moms" and "Protect traditional marriage. Ban divorce."

[Kaweah]

I heard about this at Pam's House Blend
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8158

Equality Utah, a statewide LGBT organization just given a press conference and distributed a press release vowing to  draft legislation protecting LGBT civil rights....rights which the Mormon Church promised, during the Proposition 8 discussions, to promote.

The LDS Church has articulated it is not "anti-gay" but rather pro-marriage and it "does not object to
rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment
rights, or probate rights." On November 5th, Elder L. Whitney Clayton stated the LDS Church does not
oppose "civil unions or domestic partnerships." In response to these statements, Equality Utah is
drafting legislation for the 2009 General Session of the Utah Legislature to address each of the issues
mentioned by the LDS Church.

http://www.equalityutah.org/

This could be fun to watch!