Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Mormon Church Backed Gay Rights Bill?

When anyone thinks of Utah we think of Mormons. Salt Lake City became the first Utah community to prohibit bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Under the two new ordinances, it is illegal to fire someone from their job or evict someone from their residence because they are lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender. "The church supports these ordinances because they are fair and reasonable and do not do violence to the institution of marriage," Michael Otterson, the director of public affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said. The bill gained a unanimous vote and passed. If the Mormons don’t feel threatened, because Homosexuals "do not infringe on the integrity of the traditional family or the constitutional rights of churches.", should we?

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