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Mormon church supports Salt Lake City's protections for gay rights
Deseret News ^ | Nov. 10, 2009 | Scott Taylor and Aaron Falk

Posted on 11/11/2009 6:01:17 AM PST by Colofornian

Salt Lake City has become the first Utah city to offer housing and employment protections for gays and lesbians — an action supported by the Mormon Church.

The City Council, in a unanimous vote Tuesday, passed a pair of nondiscrimination ordinances that would bar landlords and employers from discriminating based on sexuality — a protection not currently afforded under state or federal laws.

In a rare public appearance before local lawmakers, a representative from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints read a supporting statement at a public hearing before the Salt Lake City Council regarding the ordinances proposed by Mayor Ralph Becker.

"The church supports this ordinance because it is fair and reasonable and does not do violence to the institution of marriage," said Michael Otterson, managing director of the LDS Church's public affairs office.

Otterson added that the statement of support is consistent with the church's prior position on such matters, as well as its stance on marriage.

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In addition to agreeing with Becker's approach to the ordinances, the church also recognizes the proposal attempts to balance vital issues of religious freedom, Otterson said.

"In drafting this ordinance, the city has granted common-sense rights that should be available to everyone, while safeguarding the crucial rights of religious organizations — for example, in their hiring of people whose lives are in harmony with their tenets, or when providing housing for their university students and others that preserve religious requirements," he said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: homosexual; lds; mormon; prop8; sexualorientation
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To: Elsie

http://atlah.org/atlahworldwide/?p=1160


61 posted on 11/13/2009 12:37:21 AM PST by BlueMoose
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To: BlueMoose

I fail to get what you are trying to say with this video.


62 posted on 11/13/2009 4:06:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Sorry it’s not what I’m saying.


63 posted on 11/13/2009 6:12:16 AM PST by BlueMoose
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To: BlueMoose

What ARE you trying to say?

Spit it out.


64 posted on 11/13/2009 6:42:59 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Colofornian

The Morons are now pro-sodomite and pro-open borders. Where is Joseph Smith when you need him to kill some heretics?


65 posted on 01/10/2012 9:02:27 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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