Will News dare ask question?

Published: Thursday, April 27 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

Elder Russell M. Nelson's call for a constitutional amendment about marriage will not be well-received by many devoted and active members of the LDS Church who have gay friends and family. Must a line be drawn at the Utah border before the Deseret Morning News would feel comfortable enough to ask the question: How do everyday Mormons, everyday Utahns and everyone in between feel about the proposed amendment?

I don't need a newspaper to tell me how Scott McCoy or Gayle Ruzicka will come down on an issue like this. I need a newspaper that gets right down to the difficulty and complexity of an issue that is clearly no slam-dunk.

Just because the LDS Church clearly is not a democracy shouldn't allow anyone — especially journalists — to pretend that no genuine controversy can ever exist within and among its membership.

Patrick Sessions

Salt Lake City

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