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Andrew D. Callahan |
Andrew Callahan Receives Flowers from the Safe Space Coalition
September 26, 2008
Hastings, Nebraska—A Mormon man who has been threatened with excommunication for speaking in favor of marriage equality received today a bouquet of pink carnations sent as an expression of solidarity by fellow Mormons belonging to the LDS Safe Space Coalition.
The LDS Safe Space Coalition is an initiative that works to ensure safety and respect for gay and lesbian Latter-day Saints.
“We don’t want Andrew to suffer through these excommunication proceedings
alone,” said coalition founder Brecken Chinn Swartz, a
university professor in the Washington DC area. “We want Andrew and others
to know that there are many others out there who support them for being true
to their hearts, even in the face of tremendous pressure.”
Callahan is one of several LDS members who have been disciplined or harassed by the Mormon Church because of their support of marriage equality and their opposition to California's Proposition 8.
Other Latter-day Saints are being disciplined or harassed in Hawaii, California, and Utah.
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