Mormon Leaders Call for Measures Protecting Gay Rights

CONNECTICUT POST
By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll, Associated Press

In this April 5, 2014 file photo, people walk past the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City.

UTAH---The Mormon church announced a campaign Tuesday for new laws that protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination while somehow also protecting people who assert their religious beliefs. "We must find ways to show respect for others whose beliefs, values and behaviors differ from ours while never being forced to deny or abandon our own beliefs, values and behaviors in the process," a church elder, Jeffrey R. Holland, said in announcing the church's position. [link]