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Utah state senator proposes to longtime partner at marriage ruling celebration
SALT LAKE CITY — An openly gay Utah state senator didn’t just give a speech at a party celebrating two Supreme Court victories for gay rights — he took to the stage to propose to his longtime partner.
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Boy Scout leaders chided for marching in Utah pride parade
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Boy Scout leaders have been reprimanded by the organization for marching with several Scouts in the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City.
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Utah Boy Scout council says 83 percent of parents, leaders oppose lifting gay ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A survey finds that that 83 percent of Boy Scout leaders, parents and representatives from troops in the greater Salt Lake City area oppose lifting a ban on openly gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Flaming projectiles aimed at gay nightclub in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — Police and fire investigators In Salt Lake City are actively seeking the identities of three or four people in their late teens or early 20s who launched flaming projectiles at Club JAM, a gay patronized nightclub located north of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in downtown.
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Utah GOP official’s wife calls gay candidate ‘wicked,’ ‘pathetic’
SALT LAKE CITY — While kicking off his campaign in Utah, openly-gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger was called “pathetic” and an “idiot” by Nanette Billings, wife of Washington County Republican Party Chairman Willie Billings.
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More than 300 Mormon Church members march in Salt Lake City Pride
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 300 members of the Mormon Church joined the thousands of participants Sunday at Salt Lake City’s gay pride. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, said they wanted to send a message of love to the state’s LGBT community, a message they believe is compatible with their faith, reported the Salt Lake Tribune.
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Brigham Young students reach out to young, gay Mormons: ‘It Gets Better’
LGBT students and straight allies at Utah’s Brigham Young University on Friday released an “It Gets Better” video, adding their voice to the tens of thousands of video messages aimed at preventing depression and suicide among gay youth.
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Utah man attacked in third anti-gay assault in recent weeks
A Utah gay man was attacked in the early morning hours on Thursday — the third anti-gay attack in the Salt Lake City area in recent weeks.
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Tens of thousands line Salt Lake City streets for Utah’s biggest ever gay pride
Tens of thousands lined the streets in downtown Salt Lake City this weekend to celebrate Utah’s biggest-ever gay pride festival.
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Utah state senator seeks to repeal school anti-bullying laws
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State Senator Chris Buttars is proposing a new resolution designed to repeal the recently passed anti-bullying and non-discrimination policies created by the Salt Lake School Board. Buttars calls the policies a “program to bring down America.”