1,500 Mormons Quit Over Gay Rights

Organizers of a mass-resignation event in Salt Lake City on Sunday say 1,500 people quit the Mormon church because of new policies that say it won’t baptize children of LGBT parents until they turn 18 and disavow their families. Organizer Mark Naugle said he plans to present the names to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Monday. “The fact that it affects children really upset people,” Naugle said. “Most people are disaffected from the church already, and this was the final straw.”