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Despite lawmaker support, Utah hate crimes bill failed to get a public hearing
The current law doesn’t include specific protected groups but instead speaks generally about crimes that cause a person to fear they cannot freely exercise their constitutional rights.
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Utah repeals law banning positive mentions of homosexuality in classrooms
Now it’s up to the governor.
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Judge puts hold on lawsuit as Utah moves to repeal ‘no promo homo’ law
The Utah senate is considering a bill to overturn the ban on speaking positively about LGBTQ people in schools.
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Polygamous families protest bigamy law in Utah: ‘If we were gay, we’d be OK’
The demonstration comes a month after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case from Kody Brown and his four wives on the TLC show “Sister Wives” challenging Utah’s bigamy law.
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Activists target Utah law that forbids teachers from talking about homosexuality
The Utah law include a provision that prohibits instruction on “advocacy of homosexuality,” contraceptives and sex outside marriage.
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Evangelicals propose truce over LGBTQ rights in hopes of ‘Fairness for All’
“Both sides of the debate actually get more of their priorities put into law when they work together.”
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Utah denies law forbidding talk about homosexuality in schools is anti-gay
The state has denied it has anti-gay school laws as it defends itself from a lawsuit challenging restrictions on talk about homosexuality in the classroom.
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Utah same-sex marriage ban author Christensen wins re-election by three votes
Christensen was trailing on election night by almost 200 votes, but the race flipped over the past two weeks as election officials finished counting the 17,071 ballots cast.
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First LGBTQ community center opening in Provo, Utah across from Mormon temple
“There’s nowhere currently that these kids can go that offer a no-judgment zone where they can feel the love and support of the community.”
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Trans candidates lose election bids, bi candidate wins Oregon’s governor race
Trans candidates Misty Plowright and Misty Snow lost their races, but Gov. Brown became the first openly LGBT person to win an election to become governor of a U.S. state.