Thousands of Utahns just discovered that their governor is welcoming an anti-gay hate group to Salt Lake City. Utahns heard the news directly thanks to a targeted Facebook campaign, crowdfunded by members of All Out, a global movement for the rights of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people.
Gov. Gary Herbert plans to give a welcome speech to the World Congress of Families at their annual meeting in Salt Lake City tomorrow (Tuesday Oct.27). This group has been labelled a hate group because of its promotion of anti-gay laws in Nigeria, Russia and Uganda, and its attempts to block marriage equality around the world.
“Love is not a crime. But the World Congress of Families wants it to be – they’ve called for gay people to be locked up in jail,” said Leandro Ramos, interim executive director of All Out. “It’s plain and simple – Utah’s governor should not be welcoming an anti-gay hate group to Salt Lake City. He’s only getting away with it because Utahns don’t realize how toxic this group is. That’s why more than 325 All Out members have chipped in to flood the Facebook walls of people in Utah with this shocking news.”
Governor Herbert received a global petition with 23,000 signatures last week, calling for him to cancel his speech at the conference. After he didn’t respond, All Out members launched a crowdfunded Facebook campaign to ramp up the pressure. 325 All Out members chipped in to pay for carefully targeted Facebook ads to sound the alarm to Utahns that their Governor is welcoming a hate group to the state.
Currently more than 26,000 people have signed the petition. To sign click here: https://go.allout.org/en/a/
