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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A national gay rights group says it will deliver about 27,000 letters to leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints next week, urging their public support of equality legislation in Utah.
The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign says its members tried to lobby church leaders via e-mail earlier this week, but the messages bounced back.
HRC spokesman Trevor Thomas says copies of the e-mails will be delivered Monday.
Five bills proposing equal treatment or establish legal protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are expected to come before the Legislature for consideration next month.
The Church opposes gay marriage but has said it does not oppose civil unions or non-marriage legal rights for same sex couples.
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