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Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay-Rights Ordinances
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The Wall Street Journal
11/12/2009
"Gay-rights activists in Salt Lake City got the backing of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a successful push for city nondiscrimination ordinances — a sign of the complex landscape of the gay-rights debate.
"On Tuesday night, the Mormon church publicly supported the ordinances banning discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing and the workplace. The City Council passed the ordinances unanimously.
"'It's an important indication we are making progress even in conservative parts of the country and even with conservative organizations,' said Jennifer Pizer, senior counsel for Lambda Legal, a national gay- and lesbian-rights group fighting for gay-marriage rights in California."
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