Salt Lake City - Gay-rights activists see opportunities for their cause in Utah thanks to Mormon church officials, who strongly supported California’s proposition denying same-sex couples the right to marry but said they did not object to granting those couples certain other rights.
The advocacy group Equality Utah is asking The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to support several bills that will be submitted to the state Legislature supporting rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community…
But although church leaders are steadfastly against such marriages, during the Proposition 8 campaign they expressed willingness to accept other rights for same-sex couples.
“Just last week, Elder L. Whitney Clayton stated the LDS Church does not oppose ‘civil union or domestic partnerships,’” said Equality Utah Chairwoman Stephanie Pappas on Monday.
In a statement issued following the approval of Proposition 8, church officials said they do “not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights.”
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