Gay community growing in Utah

[flygal]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050611/ap_on_re_us/gay_utah


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David Johnson stopped believing in the Mormon church about three years ago, when he came out of the closet after returning home from a proselytizing mission in Thailand.

At 24, he is ignoring strict principles of a church that teaches that homosexuality is a serious sin by living the life of a gay man.

He has moved away from his parents' home in southern Utah — his father, a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has little to do with him — but he hasn't moved as far as you might imagine.

He chooses to live here, in the capital of one of the nation's most conservative states, which is shadowed by the worldwide headquarters of a church that suffuses nearly every aspect of life in Utah. The Mormon church, one of the world's fastest growing faiths with about 12 million members worldwide, won't accept homosexuals until they are spiritually rehabilitated.


Oooohh, those warm fuzzy republican Christian family values at work again.

[NVMojo]

1. Gay Pride Week was celebrated in SLC last week.

I went to some kickass gay bars with a friend and her brother (yes, he is gay) about ten years ago in SLC. Had more fun dancing and joking around with folks then when I'd been to "straight bars." And everyone was so fun. The bars were very cool. He took us to all the gay hotspots around the Mormon Temple. I salute these brave souls for finding a way to be themselves amidst such religious restriction. Rock on, friends!

[ToeBot]

2. Not fast enough,

or hard enough for that matter.