Religion and Gay Marriage

Religion and Gay Marriage

A look at the gay marriage debate from a religious point of view.

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Minutes before the LDS Church's startling announcement of support for Salt Lake City's anti-discrimination laws, one of Utah's conservative mouthpieces insisted it would not happen. Standing in the City Council Chamber, the Sutherland Institute's Jeff Reynolds told reporters rumors of the church's support were both ridiculous and a glaring case of "journalistic fraud." The church, Reynolds said, simply would proclaim nonopposition to the ordinances. Then church spokesman Michael Otterson strode to the lectern to deliver the bombshell. Soon after, Reynolds skedaddled to write a response that showed up two hours later. Blindsided by the news, Sutherland nonetheless reiterated its call for the Legislature to ... Read Full Story
 
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As a prelude to Salt Lake City becoming the first city in Utah to enact an LGBT-inclusive employment and housing non-discrimination ordinance, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) made the stunning announcement that it supported the measure. LDS top leaders negotiated behind the scenes with LGBT organizations in Salt Lake City, before making the pronouncement. In the mean time, pro-gay Mormons provided the back drop of repeated public protests over church meddling in legislation and harmful anti-gay teachings. Straight allies from the Foundation for Reconciliation accessed GLAAD media assistance and garnered media coverage of their meeting with the governor of Utah ... Read Full Story
 
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Personally we're not all the impressed with the mainstream LDS church's support for Salt Lake City non-discrimination, since they made sure to "does no violence to marriage" to justify how they could possibly support basic fairness. But you know who is even less impressed than us, both with the support and the ordinance itself? That would be the uber-conservative, largely-Mormon Sutherland Institute: Sutherland Institute: Allowing SLC's so-called 'homosexuals' to work and find housing = marriage [YT] There's also this, from Sutherland's Paul Mero: Ultra-Mormon Sutherland Institute in Open Revolt against LDS leadership [TPM] And then there's this article from the American Family Association's One ... Read Full Story
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Personally we're not all the impressed with the mainstream LDS church's support for Salt Lake City non-discrimination, since they made sure to "does no violence to marriage" to justify how they could possibly support basic fairness. But you know who is even less impressed than us, both with the support and the ordinance itself? That would be the uber-conservative, largely-Mormon Sutherland Institute: Sutherland Institute: Allowing SLC's so-called 'homosexuals' to work and find housing = marriage [YT] There's also this, from Sutherland's Paul Mero: Ultra-Mormon Sutherland Institute in Open Revolt against LDS leadership [TPM] And then there's this article from the American Family Association's One ... Read Full Story
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The LDS Church supports a Salt Lake City anti-discrimination ordinance: LDS (Mormon) church strongly supports pro-LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance [YT] Honestly, we're actually not all that surprised by this. Sure, the Mormon spokesperson spoke in favor of the ordinance. But in doing so, he still used the words "violence to marriage," implying that pro-LGBT progress that went beyond this simple ordinance (which contains religious exemptions) would be an "attack." So while it's an undeniably welcome move that apparently came out of secret meetings with local LGBT leaders , we certainly don't see it as any sort of amends for the hurt the LDS church caused ... Read Full Story
The Mormon church supports gay-rights ordinances passed by Salt Lake City, Utah that ban discrimination against homosexuals, although the church said it continues to oppose gay marriage. The decision by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) to support the measures in the city where it is headquartered follows its financial backing last year [...]  
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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. The Utah-based church's support ahead of Tuesday night's vote came despite its steadfast opposition to gay marriage, reflected in the high-profile role it played last year in California's Proposition 8 ballot measure...  
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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. The Utah-based church's support ahead of Salt Lake City Council's Tuesday night vote came despite its steadfast opposition to gay marriage, reflected in the high-profile role it played last year in...  
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We know the Mormon Church does not agree with gay marriage--it adamantly opposes homosexuality. But writing off their support, which probably played some role in this legislation passing, is childish, willfully ignorant of how this law ...  
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It 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. On Tuesday night, after a series of clandestine meetings between local gay-rights backers and Mormons in Salt Lake City, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would support proposed city laws that would prohibit discrimination against gays...  
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Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing Mormon church supports benefits, reiterates anti-marriage stance SALT LAKE CITY (AP) | Nov. 11 at 12:12 PM Nov. 11 at 12:12 PM The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay... To continue reading, please visit www.sovo.com  
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Salt Lake OKs Gay Rights Ordinances Mormon church — which opposes same-sex marriage — backs laws SALT LAKE CITY - With a historic endorsement from the Mormon church, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed a pair of ordinances making it illegal to discriminate against gays. Tuesday's action was the first time the Utah-based church — which has been steadfast in its opposition to gay marriage — has publicly supported gay rights legislation...  
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It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination ordinance in its own back yard.  
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This is big news, given the Mormon Church's past and continued vigor in working to defeat same-sex marriage. In Salt Lake City, it endorsed a local ordinance banning discrimination against gays in employment and housing. In its statemen7 Vote(s)  
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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. The Utah-based church's support ahead of Tuesday night's vote came despite its steadfast opposition to gay marriage, reflected in the high-profile role it played last year in California's Proposition 8 ballot measure...  
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