Like Mormon pioneers in the 1850s, gay-rights supporters pulled a handcart through Salt Lake City on Wednesday in what they dubbed a "rescue" mission.
The Foundation for Reconciliation carted more than 2,000 petition signatures to LDS Church headquarters, calling on the church to salvage relations with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families.
"It's way past time to send out the rescue committee," said Gary Watts, a former Mormon who has two gay children among his brood of six, "and bring these gay brothers and sisters back into the fold."
The group, comprised of present and past Mormons, contends that LDS policies on homosexuality have had a harmful effect on many Mormon families with LGBT members, contributing to estrangement, suicide and homeless youths......
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Gay-rights group pulls Mormon-style handcart to make point
Although the title does not include Transgender and Bisexual people, we will have to assume these two communities were included in the petitions.
Updated: 11/04/2009 07:00:46 PM MST
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Peter Danzig and Janeen Thompson talk with... (Photo by Chris Detrick / The Salt Lake Tribune )
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