More than 200 worshippers filled the pews at the Utah Interfaith Pride service to celebrate the lives and loves of the state’s LGBTQIA+ population in song, sermon, poetry and ritual.
Clergy from several Utah congregations greeted worshippers at the Interfaith Pride service at First Baptist Church on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City.One overarching message echoed through the sanctuary Thursday evening at Salt Lake City’s First Baptist Church: Whatever divinity you believe in loves you.
After each group was mentioned and recognized, a leader from that faith read a litany specific to the tradition. They spoke of liberation and freedom and hope and the search for meaning. “This is the biggest church I’ve ever spoken in,” quipped the Rev. Tyler Marz of the Utah County Community of Christ in the opening of his keynote address.
Finally, he left the LDS Church, which he believes taught “bad theology,” and found a faith “whose doors were wide open to all.”The service was sponsored by the Utah Pride Interfaith Coalition, whose purpose is to “provide a voice and a presence” for those in the queer community “who identify as people of faith.”
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