Human Rights Campaign dinner in Orem, Utah - - Keynote by Tipper Gore

[AlGore-08.com]

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OREM, Utah (AP) -- A fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights organization, drew 620 guests and a number of protesters to the Orem home of WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian.

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"Walking by the hecklers, then seeing how wonderful everything is, I thought, 'You guys are missing out,"' said Millie Watts, who with her husband Gary Watts, received the HRC Equality Award for their advocacy in Family Fellowship, a Provo-based organization that focuses on strengthening relationships and educating families with homosexual members.

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, state Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, and state Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, received standing ovations when they were announced. They were among about a dozen Utah politicians who purchased seats for the event.

Tipper Gore, wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, was the keynote speaker.

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