By KELLI KING

As we all know from either reading any newspaper in Utah (including the Daily Universe) or just hear-say, the LDS Church has come out with an official statement regarding rights for homosexuals to have housing and employment. This statement was given by Public Affairs managing director for the LDS church, Michael Otterson during a public hearing regarding Salt Lake City’s developing non-discrimination ordinance.

Otterson said,

“The Church supports this ordinance because it is fair and reasonable and does not do violence to the institution of marriage. It is also entirely consistent with the Church’s prior position on these matters. The Church remains unequivocally committed to defending the bedrock foundation of marriage between a man and a woman.”

I’m not sure whether Mr. Otterson wrote the statement himself based on what the brethren told him or whether they gave it to him to read (probably the former) but I think it was well said.

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