Monday, June 4, 2012

Utah gay pride parade draws hundreds of mormon participants

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2012/06/04/ut-mormons-march-in-gay-pride-parade.kstu (CNN) – A gay pride parade in Mormon-heavy Salt Lake City drew thousands of participants, including a few hundred Mormons, whose church has been criticized by gay rights activists for its activism against same-sex marriage. The Mormon contingent for Sunday's parade wasn’t made up of gay members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but rather straight Mormons who want to show support for gay and lesbians, according to CNN affiliate KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City. The Mormon group marched near the front of the parade, just behind the event's grand marshal, Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter ("Milk") who grew up in the church, according to KSTU. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that sex is only acceptable within heterosexual marriage. The church played a major role in passing California’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8. What do you think about this? Of all the religious groups, Mormons would be the last group of people I would expect to march at a Gay Pride parade... Does this make you question their faith? Why or why not?

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