Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 11, 2009

Despite its very visible opposition to so-called homosexual marriage, the Mormon Church has allied itself with the gay rights lobby in opposition to property rights.

On November 10, Salt Lake City?s municipal government became the first in Utah ?to offer housing and employment protections for gays and lesbians ? an action supported by the Mormon Church,? reported the church-owned Deseret News.reported the church-owned Deseret News.

The non-discrimination ordinance, which Utah homosexual rights activists hope will become a model for state and federal laws, would ?bar landlords and employers from discriminating based on sexuality,? while exempting the Mormon Church and other religious institutions.

Under the ordinance, a private landlord or small business owner would face fines and other enforcement measures for refusing to employ or rent property to homosexuals ? a decision that falls entirely within the realm of property rights.

The Mormon Church is behaving like any other politically active corporation by seeking to placate a pressure group at the expense of other people?s rights.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.