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She hopes the group’s participation on Sunday shows there are "plenty of people who belong to the LDS Church who are very warm, very embracing, very supportive."
Mormons Building Bridges is just one of a number of LDS groups planning to march in pride parades across the country in June, though Munson said her group is not connected to the others. Groups also plan to march in San Francisco, Memphis, Boise, Cleveland, Portland, Seattle, New York and Washington, D.C., according to mormonpride.org.
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The Utah group plans to hand out lollipops labeled with stickers that read "Love One Another" and carry signs with religious messages such as "Love thy neighbor as thyself" and "God is love."
That the Utah parade is taking place on a Sunday morning is not lost on marchers.
"That’s a big deal," Munson said. "Some people will be missing their regular church meetings ... but this is an act of worship for us. We’re dedicating this, really, to the gospel of Jesus Christ and loving one another."