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Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing
Gay and Lesbian Times Nov 19 09Support comes despite opposition to same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.
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Religious Right Facing a ‘Split’ with Mormons?
Gay Agenda Nov 14 09Oh, this is just too good. Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan is freaking out over a Religious Right “shocker” – news that the LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” or the Mormon Church) is supporting a gay rights ordinance in Salt Lake City.
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Applauds For Mormon Church's Support of Civil Rights Measures, but Suspicions Remain
Topix Gay News Nov 12 09
Recently, the Mormon Church, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS, threw their support behind LGBT Civil Rights initiatives regarding things like employment and housing discrimination.
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November 12, 2009 (Idaho State Journal)
Yahoo Lesbian News Nov 12 09Michael Otterson, managing director of the public affairs office for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, reads a supporting statement from the LDS Church during a public hearing before the Salt Lake City Council Tuesday, November 10, 2009 regarding two proposed ordinances protecting gay and lesbian residents from housing and employment discrimination.
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Behind the news: A new Mormon stand on gays?
365 Gay Politics Nov 12 09It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.
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Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay-Rights Push
Google Gay News / Wall Street Journal Nov 11 09
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Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay-Rights PushWall Street JournalGay-rights activists in Salt Lake City got the backing of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a successful push for city .
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Gay Mormons Applaud LDS Church Action
Topix Gay News Nov 11 09
Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons applauds the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for endorsing the employment and housing non-discrimination act now before the Salt Lake City Council.
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Mormon Church Makes An About Face On Gay Rights
Google Gay News / On Top Magazine Nov 11 09
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Mormon Church Makes An About Face On Gay RightsOn Top MagazineLeaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) announced Tuesday they support a gay protections bill .
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LDS Church endorses employment and housing for gay and lesbian members (ABC 4 Salt Lake City)
Yahoo Lesbian News Nov 10 09SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - As ABC 4 News first reported, the LDS Church made a statement Tuesday night in front of Salt Lake City Council endorsing the employment and housing non-discrimination act for gay and lesbian members of the church.
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LDS Church Supports Gay Rights Ordinance
Advocate Nov 10 09The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement at
Tuesday night’s Salt Lake City council meeting in support of the city’s
proposed non-discrimination ordinance.
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LDS group petitions to church (The Daily Utah Chronicle)
Yahoo Lesbian News Nov 05 09Former and current members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered Wednesday at the This is the Place Monument to once again stake a claim—only this time they did so on behalf of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen.
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Money Laundering by NOM in Maine Election?
Topix Gay News Nov 01 09
Letter Sent to Maine Election Officials Warning of Money Laundering by National Organization for Marriage (NOM) & Others
Californians Against Hate founder Fred Karger sent a letter warning top Maine election officials of possible money laundering by opponents of same-sex marriage.More from Topix Gay News
Encouraging Words 10/20/09-BCF Praise Report
Straight Not Narrow Oct 20 09"Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.
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Mormon Leader: The Prop 8 Backlash Is Like What Happened To Blacks In The 60's
Joe My God Oct 15 09On Tuesday, Mormon "apostle" Dallin H. Oaks compared the Prop 8 backlash against the LDS Church to the persecution blacks experienced during the civil rights struggles of the 60's.
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Mormons are the New Black?
Advocate Oct 14 09
A Mormon leader compared the current backlash against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the intimidation Southern blacks faced following the end of slavery.
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Tuesday This & That: Open Thread
Pams House blend Oct 13 09It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread...
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Reid rips LDS Church's Prop. 8 support
Topix Gay News Oct 13 09
In a meeting with gay-rights activists last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized the LDS Church for backing a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in California, saying the leaders of his faith should have stayed out of the contentious political fight.
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Harry Reid to LDS: stop wasting church resources to fund anti-equality measures
Pams House blend Oct 13 09While the Senate Majority Leader personally believes in one-man, one-woman marriage, the firmly believes it's a waste of LDS church resources to interfere with a state on ballot initiatives.
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Protect Marriage's R-71 Ad
Joe My God Oct 07 09Protect Marriage Washington's ad against Referendum 71 is one of the most bombastic we've seen yet, and that's saying something.
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LDS Church Prefers You Not Honor the Mormons Who Killed Themselves
Queerty Oct 01 09
This weekend, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will hold their semiannual pow wow to discuss how else they can infringe upon the rights of gay Americans.
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