300 Mormons March In Utah Pride Parade

News
By Mack Rawden
published

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have spent millions of dollars supporting California’s Proposition 8 to outlaw gay marriage, but that doesn’t mean every single Mormon stands on the same side of the fence. More than three hundred LDS congregants put on their nicest clothes this morning and headed down to the Utah Pride Festival Parade to show support for the GLBT community.

The marchers formed into a single group and walked directly behind the Grand Marshall as they waved supportive signs and quoted Bible verses about love and acceptance. None of the few hundred was acting on any order or direction from the larger Church, but each went of his or her own free will to try and mend fences and build bridges between the two parties that have quarreled in the past.

According to ABC 4, their presence was met with almost universal approval from the crowd, many of whom cheered and even cried at the sight. Few organizations are more important to the lives of many Utah residents as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it was touching for many to know at least some members would rather love than hate.

Pop Blend’s support goes out to the marchers as well as all the other souls who took part in the proceedings. Life is too short for feuds, vendettas and grudges.

Mack Rawden
Mack Rawden
Editor In Chief

Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.