Zions knew what it was backing

It's naive to think Zions Bank didn't know what it was supporting when the bank agreed to a midlevel sponsorship of The Human Rights Campaign's recent fund-raiser hosted by Bruce Bastian. I assure you Zions fully investigates every organization to which it gives money. It knew HRC advocates for gay rights, and someone at Zions wanted to do the right thing. The anonymous phone calls, which precipitated Zions' withdrawal of its support, probably came from one of our local fringe hate groups.

Cliff Lyon

board member

Human Rights Education Center of Utah