Anti-discrimination ordinances pass unanimously

Moremanlee - you have it partly right. Satan is the God of this world. That can be seen through the increasingly "normalization" of many perverse practices, including homosexuality, S&M, etc. TV and movies present these as "acceptable". Remember "Will & Grace"? Funny show, but it also did a lot to make people think the homosexuality is completely normal and acceptable. Sorry, but it is not. It is also not a genetic condition. There is no proof of a "gay gene". Studies that allude to it are very biased and unscientific. All of that said, I do agree that all people should be protected in housing and employment. I am glad the Church made a statement on these ordinances. But marriage and religious freedom are another matter, and I suspect the Church will continue to work to protect those....

there is one thing that religionists don't understand in their limited ability to see the reality of GOD and WHO GOD of this world is. The God of creation said that He wasn't of this world, that there wasn't anything of the Prince of this world in Him, the inspiration and revelations in this world are from the Mother of Mortality, who is Lucifer, She rules this world through her Spirit Satan who is the power of Hate, Discrimination, Death, and Destruction, and that is who introduced Mortality to an Eternal world. And is the only enemy we have, and the only enemy we should LOVE so as to make powers useless.

Now hopefully as same sex marriage laws are passed the Church will start to be more compassionate and Christ like and start accommodating and supporting Equality and Unity as they did when laws against racial discrimination were introduced and they accommodated the Negroes with the Priesthood, Then they can start working on pornography and not make it a sin, after all sex and sensuality nudity and the like are SIN because religionists say so, yet they are the very reason and purpose for the increase in human life and the power of procreation.

Here's another article from the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705343558/Mormon-Church-backs-protection-of-gay-rights-in-Salt-Lake-City.html

Updated here: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=8624086 "We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage between a man and a woman. And there's a huge difference between those two points," Elder L. Whitney Clayton, of the Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy told KSL News.

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I have been in complete support of the church leadership in (1) repeating God’s instructions regarding the _practice_ of homosexuality and (2) working in selected public policy areas where normalization of homosexuality and same sex marriage threatened society. But I have been concerned that some members have taken (1) & (2) as license for uncharitable expressions and even bigotry (depending on how that inflammatory work is defined). So I anxiously welcome measured protection for gays if only to communicate to us the members that the stance on prop 8 and the church position on the (flawed, IMO) Utah constitutional amendment do not amount to open season on our brothers and sisters.

@freyianodin - as of JULY 2009, according to the Gay and Lesbian Task force (http://www.thetaskforce.org), there are 13 states banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity: Minnesota (1993); Rhode Island (1995, 2001); New Mexico (2003); California (1992, 2003); District of Columbia (1997, 2005); Illinois (2005); Maine (2005); Hawaii (1991, 2005, 2006); New Jersey (1992, 2006); Washington (2006); Iowa (2007); Oregon (2007); Vermont (1992, 2007); Colorado (2007) and 8 states with laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation: Wisconsin (1982); Massachusetts (1989); Connecticut (1991); New Hampshire (1997); Nevada (1999); Maryland (2001); New York (2002); Delaware (2009) Notice those dates???? Where are your 1964/1968?? Since when is being gay a race, color, religion, national origin, or a disability???? Yay Utah!

And to denn034 I think you have Gays and Mormons confused as to whom is promoting their lifestyle... I've never had two gay guys come to my front door repeatedly telling me to become one of them...

Welcome to 1964 and 1968 Mormons…" "How very big of them in sight of the new expanded federal hate crimes law bill passed by congress and approved by President Obama. It’s a day late and a dollar short or over spent as the case may be. To do the right thing, the LDS church seems to have the uncanny knack of believing that Hine sight is a fool’s foresight. Welcome to 1964 and 1968 Mormons…" The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is the “refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race, color, religion or national origin.” Later on the disabled and families with children were added to this list. This is also known as the Fair Housing Act. 1. Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race, color, religion or national origin. Beginning in 1980, Senator Orrin Hatch spoke in favor of rolling back provisions of the Fair Housing Act. Acting on his motion in 1988, Congress voted to weaken the ability of plaintiffs to prosecute cases of discriminatory treatment in housing. But the Fair Housing Act was also amended in 1988 to allow plaintiffs' attorneys to recover attorney's fees. Additionally, the 1988 amendment added people with disabilities and families with children to the classes covered by the Act.