Over 300 Mormons Join Utah Gay Pride Parade; Mormons Building Bridges Send Message Of Love
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SALT LAKE CITY — More than 300 Mormon church members who are not gay drew shouts of approval and tears from spectators while marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City.
The Mormons say they sought to send a message of love to Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by joining the annual parade Sunday. Their participation marked the first time such a large group of Mormons took part in the parade, organizers said.
The Mormons, dressed in their Sunday best, included fathers carrying their children on their shoulders and mothers pushing strollers, The Salt Lake Tribune reported ( ). [URL]http://bit.ly/LdOP1c[/URL]
Nevin Munson, 13, carried a sign that said: "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
"I'm very saddened by the amount of hate in the world," he said, adding discrimination against gays and lesbians exists around the world. "I don't believe in that – they're humans."
Emily Vandyke, 50, carried a sign with the words from a Mormon children's song: "I'll walk with you, I'll talk with you. That's how I'll show my love for you."
Along the parade route, she embraced a weeping woman who said, "Thank you."
"I haven't recognized them as equals," Vandyke told the Tribune. "They have been invisible to me."
Parade grand marshal Dustin Lance Black, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, tweeted: "In tears. Over 300 straight, active Mormons showed up to march with me at the Utah Pride parade in support of LGBT people."
Holly Nelson, a 38-year-old lesbian from Murray, also had tears in her eyes, as the Mormons walked past.
"I think it's amazing," she said. "It's been so hard to live in Utah knowing the Mormon church is against the gay community."
While the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not consider same-sex attraction a sin, it only regards sexual relations within the marriage of a man and a woman as acceptable.
Some spectators said their homosexuality caused them to leave the church, and they might have remained members had the faith been more tolerant.
"I lost everything I loved because I came out," said Carolyn Ball, a 48-year-old lesbian from West Jordan.
The participation of the church members was organized by a newly formed group calling itself Mormons Building Bridges.
Erika Munson, the group's founder and a mother of five from Sandy, said the success of the event reflected the "deep wounds" in the community. Organizers hope it marks the beginning of a grassroots movement, she added.
"We want to inspire other Mormons at the local level to do things for their LGBT brothers and sisters," Munson said.[/quote]
What
Suddenly I mind momrons much less.
I mean they are still batshit crazy but still, I wouldn't expect this.
This is nice, but you know what would be nicer?
Stop knocking on my fucking door selling your shit.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;36193729]What
Suddenly I mind momrons much less.
I mean they are still batshit crazy but still, I wouldn't expect this.[/QUOTE]
Not all Mormons are batshit insane. That's like saying every Facepuncher is a lonely, fat virgin.
Someone should tell them they're the ones against the movement because it seems they forgot.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;36193744]Not all Mormons are batshit insane. That's like saying every Facepuncher is a lonely, fat virgin.[/QUOTE]
I know but, this is in the exactly opposite direction than what I would expect. Quite a few christians respect this stuff, but I can't think of any actually endorsing it.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;36193786]I know but, this is in the exactly opposite direction than what I would expect. Quite a few christians respect this stuff, but I can't think of any actually endorsing it.[/QUOTE]
Well there are churches set up now that openly welcome gay members and even offer to marry gay couples like any other couple. 2012 is a good year.
I always wondered why religion was all "Respect our faith" with, on the other side, so much disrespect in their speech about some people who never asked 'em a thing.
This is a step in the right direction, cheers to these guys.
Really nice article. This gave my faith in humanity a boost. Let's hope this kind of thing takes off.
Unfortunately, these 300 members cannot represent the entire cult.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;36193744]Not all Mormons are batshit insane. That's like saying every Facepuncher is a lonely, fat virgin.[/QUOTE]
But all Facepunchers are fat lonely virgins.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;36193870]
But all Facepunchers are fat lonely virgins.[/QUOTE]
Then how do I have a daughter?
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;36193972]Then how do I have a daughter?[/QUOTE]
Now's probably the time to tell her she's adopted.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;36193870]But all Facepunchers are fat lonely virgins.[/QUOTE]
You've clearly never visited the Gay Chat Thread.
Mormons being PRO gay?
Welp. I guess this is it.
Pigs can fly, hell has frozen over, the zombie apocalypse is coming, and I owe Jerry $50
I read this thinking WBC, now that would've been a surprise.
Goddamn read the title as morons first.
Apart from that - really nice of them. Shows that even among some of the more radicalised religious groups you have people that disagree with the mainstream tenets of their denomination.
300 Mormons I don't want to punch in the face
Actually 301 cause this mormon chick at my school is pretty hot i guess
If you have a grievance with your doctrine, stop identifying with it.
This is just like when the Mo's started excepting black people into the church after all the white people decided is was extra bad to be racist. Whats also crazy is that this is in SLC, its like the Mormon Vatican if anything.
I was there for this, thongs, traps, trannies, Drag queens, everything! There were some protesters as well but people just hold up signs next to them saying stuff like gay sex is best sex. Mormons are still crazy as fuck though, and living in a Mormon state sucks.
reminded me of the gay mormon it gets better video
[video=youtube;Ym0jXg-hKCI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0jXg-hKCI[/video]
[QUOTE=znk666;36193745]Someone should tell them they're the ones against the movement because it seems they forgot.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit religious people don't all think alike in a monolithic hive mind? Stop the fucking presses.
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;36193744]Not all Mormons are batshit insane. That's like saying every Facepuncher is a lonely, fat virgin.[/QUOTE]
what I thought I finally found a place where everyone was the same as me
I was pleasantly surprised and actually shocked when I read this. It's nice to see that there are those out there trying to fight for a fairer religion, it really shows that there are those within Mormonism that want to truly include everyone.
This is why religion needs to be destroyed and why we must all convert to atheism. All religion is a cesspool for hate, intolerance, and war.
[QUOTE]sought to send a message[/QUOTE]
"ok ok we surrender"
[QUOTE=Nick Nack;36205933]This is why religion needs to be destroyed and why we must all convert to atheism. All religion is a cesspool for hate, intolerance, and war.[/QUOTE]
Can't... tell.. if.. joking..
New motto of the Mormon church.
If you can't beat them join them
If mormons can do this, why can't some of the "christians" do it. Instead they revert to pages from books written by inbreds thousands of years ago as an excuse for their blatant near-racist homophobia.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;36205985]Can't... tell.. if.. joking..[/QUOTE]
the joke is so apparent I thought literally no one would be retarded enough to miss it
he's being ironic by saying the same shit dumb facepunch atheists say whenever there's a news story involving religion despite this being a positive example
how can you even fuck this one up
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[QUOTE=MendozaMan;36206724]If mormons can do this, why can't some of the "christians" do it. Instead they revert to pages from books written by inbreds thousands of years ago as an excuse for their blatant near-racist homophobia.[/QUOTE]
what is "near racist homophobia"
is that where their hate for gays burns so hot it suddenly validates gays as a separate race
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