Watch: Four Sentenced to Jail in 2008 Beating of Gay Neighbor

Four people have been sentenced to prison for the July 4, 2008 beating of former Salt Lake City neighbors David Bell and his partner Daniel Fair (pictured, below, following the attack). You may recall that Bell was brutally beaten by his neighbors after removing their young children from a rowdy party they were having and bringing them next door to their house to keep them safe. Bell was acquitted of kidnapping and burglary charges brought by the family in 2009.

Now, the family who beat Bell and his partner have been sentenced, the AP reports:

Ieti Mageo, 34, Ieti Nuusila, 27, and Ricky Peace, 35, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony assault, burglary and rioting. They were among seven people charged in the attack.

Court records show 3rd District Judge Robert Faust sentenced the men to terms of zero to five years for each charge. The sentences will be served at the same time.

Tapululululu "Lulu" Latu, 32, the mother of one of the children, was sentenced to a year in jail. She had pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor charge of attempted rioting. Faust suspended 180 days of the sentence and ordered Latu to also serve 24 months of probation.

Watch ABC4's report and interview with Bell and his attackers, AFTER THE JUMP...

Watch: HRC Delivers 150,000 Signatures to Mormon Church Demanding Leader Retract Anti-Gay Statements

On Tuesday, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, with support from the Utah Pride Center, Equality Utah and Affirmation, a support group for gay Mormons, delivered 150,000 signed petitions to the Church of Latter Day Saints Office Building in Salt Lake City, condemning anti-gay remarks made by Mormon Church leader Boyd K. Packer. Solmonese criticized Elder Packer for contributing to the environment of hate which allows anti-gay bullying to go unchecked.

The petitions read:

“I’m appalled that you chose this moment to deliver a sermon saying same-sex attraction is unnatural and same-sex unions are immoral. You have risked further alienating LGBT youth and potentially contributing to suicides of even more vulnerable young people. You’ve told them that their very identities are ‘impure and unnatural,’ and you’ve incited the violence and bullying that often drives them to suicide by repeating lies disproven by both science and the experience of millions of Americans who know their LGBT neighbors and care about them. I hope you will cease putting young people in real peril and acknowledge the scientific truth: Sexual orientation cannot be changed, nor should it be.”

OnTop reports: "Solmonese appeared at the conference flanked by Utah-based gay rights leaders, including philanthropist Bruce Bastian, Affirmation President David Melson, Equality Utah Executive Director Brandie Balken and Utah Pride Center Executive Director Valerie Larabee. Packer's speech, given on Oct. 3, sparked a 4,500-strong protest by local gay rights activists, who called the apostle's words painful."

Mormon Facebook groups have sprung to Packer's defense.

Watch Solmonese speak at HRC's press conference, AFTER THE JUMP...

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 Michelangelo Signorile to host LGBT leadership Town Hall from XM Studios in Washington D.C.: "The panel will include: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Rea Carey; National Center for Transgender Equality executive director Mara Keisling; Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis; former Clinton White House advisor on gay rights Richard Socarides and blogger and activist Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend."

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 U.S. Marshalls arrest final two suspects in July 4 2008 beating of gay men in Salt Lake City: "Agents arrested Ricky Peace and Lisa Aiono Friday. The two are part of a larger group charged with beating David Bell and Daniel Fair on the Fourth of July in 2008. Members of the group claim they attacked the men because they thought Bell and Fair had kidnapped their children. However, Bell and Fair say they were only helping the kids during a party and think the attack happened because they are gay."

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Election Year Cease Fire in Utah Over Gay Anti-Discrimination Laws

Utah lawmakers have come to an agreement with gay rights opponents to delay taking up a law banning discrimination against gays. In exchange, "opponents of gay-rights legislation will drop any effort to prevent local governments from passing their own nondiscrimination laws this legislative session," the AP reports.

The agreement is an effort to avoid making Utah the focus of gay rights issues in an election year. Said GOP State Senator Howard Stephenson: “There is a common desire to ensure that Utah is not the battleground for the nation on these kinds of issues. We simply refuse to be that battleground. We hope to set a standard of civility and cooperation and respect that hopefully will be copied in other states.”

Also: "The move is a 'compromise,' sanctioned by leaders in the House and Senate, intended to halt efforts to overturn or weaken the newly minted anti-discrimination ordinances in Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County."

Lawmakers instead will introduce a bill to study anti-discrimination measures.

"Stephenson and (Democrat Christine) Johnson both said they want to build on the collaborative spirit that produced Salt Lake City's anti-discrimination ordinances (endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), which bridged divides between Democrats and Republicans, Mormons and non-Mormons and the LGBT and straight communities."