(AP file photo) Sonia Johnson is led away from an LDS temple by a police officer after she had chained herself to the gate during a pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in Bellevue, Washington on Nov. 17, 1980. Johnson was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after publicly speaking in favor of the ERA.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.