Mormon Leader Wins Rights Award For Message of Compassion

Allen Oyler, an LDS regional leader in Oregon, believes — as his religion teaches — that Mormon families should not reject their gay sons and daughters.

But he took that counsel even further, and now the city of Beaverton has given the LDS stake president a human-rights award for his compassionate approach, according to a story in The Oregonian.

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