Rogue Mormon Pro-LGBT Group Named
The Salt Lake Tribune’s 2012 “Utahns of the Year”
Outsiders may have difficulty appreciating the act of courage it is for Mormons to publicly support the LGBT community. Not long ago it could have meant excommunication. Today it continues to stir controversy and bring social consequences. No wonder The Salt Lake Tribune, and, as it turned out, the majority of its readers, named Mormons Building Bridges as 2012’s “Utahns of the Year.”
From the Tribune article by Peggy Fletcher Stack:
In the midst ... came 300 straight Mormons in their Sunday best, marching in Utah’s 2012 Gay Pride Parade, right behind "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and before the drag queens. They called themselves Mormons Building Bridges. They were not out to debate politics or doctrine, organizers said, but to promote love and listening. Still, their simple yet potent gesture echoed around the globe, setting an example for fellow believers who then took up the style, if not the name, in 15 other Pride parades. They also attracted national and international media attention, well-known enough even for spoofing in the satirical magazine The Onion.
You can read the Salt Lake Tribune article by clicking here.
From the Tribune article by Peggy Fletcher Stack:
In the midst ... came 300 straight Mormons in their Sunday best, marching in Utah’s 2012 Gay Pride Parade, right behind "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and before the drag queens. They called themselves Mormons Building Bridges. They were not out to debate politics or doctrine, organizers said, but to promote love and listening. Still, their simple yet potent gesture echoed around the globe, setting an example for fellow believers who then took up the style, if not the name, in 15 other Pride parades. They also attracted national and international media attention, well-known enough even for spoofing in the satirical magazine The Onion.
You can read the Salt Lake Tribune article by clicking here.
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