General Service Weekend, intended to rally gay-rights supporters around community projects in the Salt Lake Valley and Ogden, has been delayed a week.

Initially timed to coincide with LDS general conference on Saturday and Sunday, the service weekend was planned in place of political protests outside of Salt Lake City's Temple Square, which was the site of a large demonstration in November after an LDS Church-backed gay-marriage ban won voter approval in California.

The service event, which will include gardening and park cleanups, has been pushed to April 11 and 12 because of snow. Activities are scheduled to begin both days at 10 a.m. Volunteers will gather in Salt Lake City at the Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West, and in Ogden at the Unitarian Church, 705 23rd St.

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- Rosemary Winters