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How involved was the Mormon Church in the passing of Prop 8? New evidence suggest they were more involved and provided more resources than they are admitting to.

KSL 5 TV Thousands marched in downtown Salt Lake Friday night to protest the passage of California's Proposition 8. Like their counterparts in California, the Utah protesters targeted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It began with a rally that police tell us grew in size from dozens to somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000 men, women and children carrying their signs around Temple Square. View video and article

You wouldn’t expect to be harassed because of your sex, race or religion at work. At least not without some sort of repercussion dealt to your attacker. So, what seems to be the difference in the case of sexual orientation? Surprisingly, there are still no laws in Utah against such discrimination for gays, lesbians, bisexual or transgendered people. After a state legislative meeting this morning, one group hopes that will all change. “She said she wouldn’t work with a freak…with a faggot,” says Ariana Losco. “They were calling me a faggot. They said I was disgusting, that it was disgusting to the Mormon religion,” says Bryan Horn. Both these quotes have more in common than just their hateful messages. Both attacks were both delivered at the work place, during company hours. Ariana and Bryan were two of several gay, lesbian or transgendered people who testified before a state legislative committee this morning. At this meeting, an openly lesbian representative introduced a bill that wou...

Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft It’s a busy night at Ogden’s OUTReach Resource Center for teens. The minute director Gary Horenkamp answers the telephone, 25 youngsters march into the drop-in center’s space at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden in search of something fun to do on a cold December night. As Horenkamp explains it, OUTReach, while not a religious program, was the brain child of the Unitarian Universalist church that houses it. Three years ago, the church’s social action committee decided that they wanted to provide a service for the city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens. Although a number of resources existed to serve Ogden’s 60,000 young people, such as The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Youth Impact, Horenkamp said none at the time existed specifically for queer youngsters. Horenkamp, who also volunteers at the Teen Suicide Prevention Taskforce in Utah, holds a Master’s degree in counseling and interned at a juvenile corrections facility. Betwe...