In the wake of Proposition 8, pro-gay Equality Utah is taking the comments of Mormon Church elders as a signal to move forward with legislation that will expand the rights of gays and lesbians in the state, reports The New York Times.
Defending their members’ estimated $20-million contribution to the passage of California’s gay marriage ban, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said they are not antigay and wouldn’t deny certain legal protections to gays and lesbians.
