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State legislator calls on Mormon church leaders to take a stance. Are they for or against his hate crimes bill?

(Scott Sommerdorf | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, listens as Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake, presents a bill during a House Revenue and Taxations committee meeting at the Utah State Capitol complex on Feb. 8, 2017. Thatcher has proposed a bill in the upcoming 2018 legislative session, called Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements, that looks to give the state’s current hate crimes law some teeth.

(Scott Sommerdorf | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, listens as Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake, presents a bill during a House Revenue and Taxations committee meeting at the Utah State Capitol complex on Feb. 8, 2017. Thatcher has proposed a bill in the upcoming 2018 legislative session, called Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements, that looks to give the state’s current hate crimes law some teeth.