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Title: 300 Mormons march in Utah Gay Pride Parade
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CBSNEWS
URL Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162 ... arch-in-utah-gay-pride-parade/
Published: Jun 3, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-06-03 22:47:45 by buckeroo
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The Mormons say they sought to send a message of love to Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by joining the annual parade Sunday. Their participation marked the first time such a large group of Mormons took part in the parade, organizers said. The Mormons, dressed in their Sunday best, included fathers carrying their children on their shoulders and mothers pushing strollers, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Nevin Munson, 13, carried a sign that said: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." "I'm very saddened by the amount of hate in the world," he said, adding discrimination against gays and lesbians exists around the world. "I don't believe in that — they're humans." Emily Vandyke, 50, carried a sign with the words from a Mormon children's song: "I'll walk with you, I'll talk with you. That's how I'll show my love for you." Along the parade route, she embraced a weeping woman who said, "Thank you." "I haven't recognized them as equals," Vandyke told the Tribune. "They have been invisible to me." Target sells shirts to help pro-gay marriage group Court: Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional for denying same-sex married couples benefits Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes Parade grand marshal Dustin Lance Black, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, tweeted: "In tears. Over 300 straight, active Mormons showed up to march with me at the Utah Pride parade in support of LGBT people." Holly Nelson, a 38-year-old lesbian from Murray, also had tears in her eyes, as the Mormons walked past. "I think it's amazing," she said. "It's been so hard to live in Utah knowing the Mormon church is against the gay community." While the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not consider same-sex attraction a sin, it only regards sexual relations within the marriage of a man and a woman as acceptable. Some spectators said their homosexuality caused them to leave the church, and they might have remained members had the faith been more tolerant. "I lost everything I loved because I came out," said Carolyn Ball, a 48-year-old lesbian from West Jordan. The participation of the church members was organized by a newly formed group calling itself Mormons Building Bridges. Erika Munson, the group's founder and a mother of five from Sandy, said the success of the event reflected the "deep wounds" in the community. Organizers hope it marks the beginning of a grassroots movement, she added. "We want to inspire other Mormons at the local level to do things for their LGBT brothers and sisters," Munson said. © 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. WoW! The yukon brigade is coming out in full force to support their potential president. (AP) SALT LAKE CITY - More than 300 Mormon church members who are not gay drew shouts of approval and tears from spectators while marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City.
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#1. To: buckeroo, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#0)
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Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
These poor people trapped in this cult commit suicide more often than any other segment of society. The whole cult is sadly, very sadly, twisted and if anyone takes the opportunity to read all from their own web site, Pearl of Great Price, etc. etc. They would soon recognize these folks are off their hinges.
I want to point out, that I read from the original Golden Tablets that Joesph Smith brought forward. No one you know can claim this FACT, can they?
roflmao Nope
Trust me. Go with the "light."
There is no way I'd go with anyone who stuck their head in a hat and discerned the rocks. : ))))
You don't trust me. Is there a way that I can explain the story to you in order to make you whole?
The story is bogus. And no, no way. : )))
My little, Internet pal, Joe Smith is lQQin' over my shoulder right now to ensure Mitt gets the nomination. As you know, some of us are called forward from time to time to perform the commitment worthy about the nation and realize the damnation of the past evils. Are you "in" with my written oratory at this juncture?
Lauren Noll and Emilie Starr kiss a Mitt Romney cutout during a gay pride parade in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 3, 2012. Over 300 active Mormons and more than 5,000 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community with their supporters marched in the parade as part of the Utah Pride
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: buckeroo (#0)
300 Mormon church members who are not gay
#3. To: SJN (#2)
... and if anyone takes the opportunity to read all from their own web site, Pearl of Great Price, etc. etc.
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