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o ,: U ._ -ed ', anew grou . _o , actt.. e, i __ active .n d e _- com .- -cat '.
e . bers of ~- e . .urc - 0 f Jesus
. . ri t of La er- ay ai ts, . as
o ~ cial . o ga ize , n, e Sa t
Lake City Coni renc o _
_ight . The organizers have
worked . lowly and car . ly to, assure that their gro . , able to survive the ho, t ity t at t e L.D.S.
c,om - ou at
c urch has t -adttio a ly hown tou,s is still -_ 1
a:nd we S il , .........
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ward , ay people.
.ational director of the group S.
. its teaching -.

t1.me, we ca n -
Matthew P ic - told Th ADVOCATE, '' efore organizing our- VJ/e''ve been
seJve , we we,r e a .' m.a.lJ, close-knit
rights
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group.on the camp~ of Brigham . c:at m,g _ -. _
ti.me w .. ....
Young University. But after hear_e , b
ing about all he suicides taking
place, we deci -ed it was time for
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us: to come o,ut.. illc . 0 r forma.-,

tion, membership ha seemed to
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ky rocket.
''We ha.ve said

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'We:'ve had

enough.' Gay people ar t e

ond-class citizen . We , _re children of God. We ar . impo ant
eople an~ w , have ju .t a m~ch

worth as o~r :het ro xual broth ~

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