More than 200 people gathered for nearly two hours and listened to personal stories of individuals who struggled as gay members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Jesus still wants me for a sunbeam," said Robyn Murphy, a gay woman who told listeners she has been excommunicated from the LDS Church three times.

The rally was disturbed somewhat by some close-range horn honking and a vocal protest from three individuals yelling "Shame on Soulforce. You are intolerant," but speakers continued through the heckling.

"Now Queer This!" producer Troy Williams, a BYU alum and returned LDS missionary, proclaimed as he told the crowd he chose to be gay, and it's something he shouldn't have to apologize for.

"It's a blessing, a privilege and a gift from God," Williams said.

Even one current BYU student spoke during the rally, detailing his experience as a gay member of the LDS Church. The group finished the rally by singing the LDS hymn "I Am a Child of God," but with the lyrics slightly altered by Murphy, a former seminary teacher and young woman's organization president.

Soulforce plans to march from the Provo LDS Temple to BYU's campus today4/11 as their last organized event of their Provo visit.