Just under 20 men and women of the cloth, bedecked in multicolored religious symbols and representing a spectrum of Utah faiths, stood side by side Wednesday to reaffirm their collective support for Proposition 3, which would expand Medicaid coverage to 150,000 uninsured individuals in the Beehive State.
“The generosity of Utahns is unquestionable,” said Bishop Oscar A. Solis, leader of the state’s 300,000-plus Catholics, at a temporary podium in a plaza behind the Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt Lake City, “but charitable works often require government support to ensure no person who is experiencing poverty or has clear vulnerabilities falls through the cracks.