The video below is of a devout Mormon (I'm so sorry for him) speaking out against the church policies of discrimination that led to all that money being sunk into Proposition 8 in California. It's good to be reassured that there are Mormons who aren't full of homophobia and hate. Unfortunately, the bishop there isn't quite so open-minded: he tells the fellow to stop, he cuts his microphone, and he has him escorted out.
(via C.L. Hanson)
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