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Utah governor flooded with calls, letters for and against same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 2,700 calls, emails and letters flooded the Utah governor’s office in the days and weeks after a surprise ruling legalized gay marriage in the state.
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Advocacy groups mobilize to support married, same-sex couples in Utah
LGBT advocacy groups on Thursday began mobilizing efforts in response to Utah governor Gary Herbert’s announcement Wednesday that the state was putting “on hold” the recognition of same-sex unions performed after a federal judge ruled against Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Supreme Court stay complicates marriages of same-sex couples in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Michael Mathie proposed to his partner Tyler McCraley on Christmas. The next day, they joined the historic rush of same-sex couples getting marriage licenses in Utah.
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Abstinence-only education marginalizes LGBT students
Proponents claim that abstinence before marriage is the best and only way to ensure that one does not get pregnant or contract STD’s. This poses a problem for LGBT youth in states – such as Utah – which have marriage amendments, because the reality of their sexual experience is left unaddressed.
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Utah Governor vetoes abstinence-only sex education law
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican Governor Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial measure which would have banned the state’s public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.