More than 600
Mormon moms, their gay sons and daughters, and allies
rallied against Proposition 8 in Salt Lake City on Sunday --
a sharp contrast to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints' effort to pass the California
ballot measure. The candlelight vigil was held in
the city's Library Square and was organized by mothers
disappointed in the church's muscular support of Prop.
8.
More than 600
Mormon moms, their gay sons and daughters, and allies
rallied against Proposition 8 in Salt Lake City on Sunday --
a sharp contrast to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints' effort to pass the California
ballot measure.
TheSalt Lake Tribune reports that the candlelight
vigil was held in the city's Library Square and was
organized by mothers disappointed in the church's muscular
support of Prop. 8, which would eliminate the right of
gay people to marry. The Mormon church has donated
millions of dollars to the Yes on 8 campaign.
"This is what
happens when people in California say mean things about
our gay kids. Mothers come out of the closet," Millie Watts,
one of the organizers, said at the event, according to
the Tribune. Watts told the paper that she
feels "disappointment and betrayal" at her church's
involvement in Prop. 8.
Linda Barney,
another mom who spoke at the rally, told the Tribune
that her heart "reaches out to young
Californians, teens who are not out of the closet who are
alone...listening to hateful [rhetoric]," adding, "They need
to hear from us. They need to know there are people
with loving hearts."
The Salt Lake
City event was one of several rallies that occurred on
Sunday in support of, or in opposition to, Prop. 8.
(The Advocate)
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