I thought this article was interesting: an LGBT group sent a petition to the Mormon Church that basically wanted them to denounce gay-bashing, in light of the recent suicide from the man whose roommate taped and released online a video of him with another man. The mormon church has historically been very against gay rights, as shown by the recent 'prop 8' controversy in California. The Mormon church flooded the state with millions of political dollars to fund ads portraying prop 8, which would outlaw gay marriage, as something that everyone should vote for, despite the fact that most of the money was from people who did not live in California. This shows a somewhat progressive turnaround from the Mormon Church, and one does not usually see such quick turnarounds in political policies like this. I think it shows how quickly American society is moving towards an acceptance of gay rights policies, that a large religious institution is swayed so quickly. Even though the Church's statement still condemns gay marriage, it mentions support of almost all other gay rights.
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/3539/gay_rights_org_delivers_150,000-signature_petition_to_lds_church/
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