4,500 protesters encircle Temple Square
Tons of photos and video here.
CNN: Friday’s intriguing people: Eric Ethington
AP report w/ photos at the link: Utah Gay Activists Protest Mormon Church Remarks
Pride in Utah: 4500 Protest Against Boyd K Packer And LGBT Suicides
Mormon Expression: Episode 87: The October 7th 2010 LDS Protest
John Larsen and Jim take to the streets to interview participants at the Pride in Utah protest at temple square on October 7th 2010.
Salt Lake Tribune: Thousands ring Temple Square to protest LDS apostles words
Salt Lake Tribune: Mormon apostle’s words about gays spark protest
Salty Gossip: Over 4,000 Attend Protest! Succcesssssssssssssss!! (w/ private video)
Deseret News: 2,000-3,000 protest for gay rights outside Mormon church offices in Salt Lake City
KSL: 600 gay rights activists protest LDS Church leader’s remarks (I’ll leave ridicule of that 600 figure to this guy).
“I was listening to General Conference with my family, who is all LDS, when it was happening; and I heard that speech and I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t mad, I was sad,” protester Tiffany Rock-Ward said.
QSaltLake: Thousands Surround LDS Temple Square in Protest of Packer Speech
LGBTQNation: Thousands protest outside Mormon church over LDS leaders anti-gay remarks
ABC4: Protesters circle Temple Square to condemn anti-gay remarks by LDS Church leader
Write On!™ Public Relations: Utah LGBT Activists Hold Silent Demonstration
KUTV (Utah): LDS Church Leader Changes Some Words In Controversial Speech
In terms of the internal LDS debate/dialogue, this change strikes me as perhaps more important than the others: Guide is the new Revelation
On Top Magazine: Mormon Church Says Boyd Packer ‘Simply Clarified His Intent’
LGBTQNation (Eric Ethington): Mormon church edits transcript of Packers anti-gay hate speech
Salt Lake Tribune: Petition against Packers speech draws 100,000 signatures
Salt Lake Tribune: Packer talk jibes with LDS stance after tweak
Deseret News: Mormon church clarifies intent of President Boyd K. Packer’s talk
Me and Max see anti-Jewish conspiracies in everything …
ProfXM — That makes sense as well, though I there’s something to be said for Chino’s suggestion that sometimes a temporary cool-down is in order.
p.s. I love that film, and that scene is hilarious!
Samuel, ad agencies aren’t Jewish. People are Jewish. Ad agencies might be owned by Jews or gentiles.
Referring to an ad agency as “Jewish one” may just be an innocent attempt to jog our memories but, in light, of our history of anti-Semitism, it might also mean “the Jews are taking over.”
I know that you didn’t mean that but I also think that we need to be more careful when we talk about a vulnerable minority that continues to be violently mistreated. Does that make sense to you?