"What everyone found is that we really liked each other. There was a good rapport. It reaffirmed for me the power of people talking to each other -- even if you have incredible differences. You start to see the humanity."
-- Former Salt Lake City Councilwoman Deeda Seed on the months of meetings between the city's gay community and the LDS Church that led to the church's support for a city ordinance banning housing and employment discrimination against LGBT people. Some consider the move an "olive branch" to the gay community after prominent Mormon support for California's Proposition 8 and other efforts to overturn or block marriage equality. (Salt Lake Tribune)
