Saintless

I’ve very much been looking forward to 8: The Mormon Proposition being premiered at Sundance next month. This documentary is by Reed Cowan, who you may remember as the guy that Rep. Chris Buttars talked to about “pig sex” about a year ago.

This is the trailer for it. The movie tells the story of LGBT people, seeking marriage equality, and documents the Mormon efforts to stop them. Although this could be seen by some as simply an attack on the Mormon religion, I think those people would be very mistaken. This is more than just speaking out against the wrongs done to the LGBT community by the Mormon Church. This is about the lives that have been destroyed by Prop 8, with the Mormon Church’s backing.

I have placed a lot of hope in this film. I hope that it does justice to the stories. I hope that it opens hearts and minds to the cruel injustice being served so many Americans. I hope that perhaps in the telling, that our allies, including family and friends, will join us in standing up for our rights. I hope that it pushes the cultural acceptance of LGBT individuals further.

Because the film is being shown at Sundance, several anti-gay groups, including the Westboro Baptist Church, will be here in Utah protesting the film. Westboro is the group of extremists who like to protest things, including a soldier’s funeral. They are a hate group, through and through. They will be holding signs and shouting things such as “God hates fags”.

Well, I was asked to join Jacob Whipple and Eric Ethington in organizing a counter-protest. We’re hoping to have a very strong presence for each showing of the film. We’ve just started the planning process, and right out our biggest objective is to find people willing to commit to helping. If you are interested, please contact Jacob Whipple on Facebook, or email him, and he’ll send you a list of times that we need volunteers.

More news will be forthcoming as we continue our plans. For now, if you have ANY ability to help out during January 21 – 30, please consider signing up!