Today marked the 3rd protest over the Mormon Church’s treatment of two gay men who were caught kissing on the church-owned main street plaza. But unlike the past two protests which were filled with song, smiles and overall good-feelings this protest turned ugly quickly with shouts of anger and arguments. What was the difference? “America [...]
Archive for July, 2009
“America Forever” leader done in by a kiss
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, attack, forever, Gay, kiss, LDS, main, Mormon, plaza, protest, rights, rodriguez, sandra, street, Temple, utah on July 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
More Trouble In Utah
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged battle, child, children, couple, custody, fight, Gay, legal, lesbian, utah on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below is an article I copied from the Salt Lake Tribune (see here), written by Rosemary Winters. -Eric E.
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Gena Edvalson tried for years to be a mom. So when her partner of six years, Jana Dickson, became pregnant through artificial insemination and gave birth to a boy in March 2006, nothing brought her “instantly more [...]
2nd Protest on Mormon Plaza
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged arrest, Gay, kiss, LDS, Mormon, protest, salt lake city, SLC, Temple, utah, video on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 2nd of two protests took place this morning at the LDS-owned Main St Plaza in Salt Lake City. The protest started off as a kiss-in, with roughly 200 people gathering in front of the plaza and posing for PDA photos. But with the Mormon-Fuzz (thank you Bill Maher) turning away everyone who was attempting [...]
1st Protest over Gay Kiss at LDS Plaza
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged arrest, Gay, kiss, LDS, plaza, protest, trespassing on July 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Tonight the first of 4 (scheduled) protests took place at the LDS-owned Main Street Plaza over the controversy of a gay kiss. Earlier this week a gay couple were asked to leave the LDS owned plaza due to a kiss, which LDS Church officials claimed was not allowed on their property. When the couple refused [...]