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UT: Lawmakers Put Off Anti Discrimination Legislation for a Year

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Utah lawmakers will not consider a law that would ban discrimination against gay men and lesbians in the workplace and in housing, and will instead spend the next year studying the issue, key lawmakers said Friday. In exchange, opponents of gay-rights legislation will drop any effort to prevent local governments from passing their own nondiscrimination laws this legislative session.

Gay-rights advocates had hoped to build on recent momentum created by the Salt Lake City Council, which passed nondiscrimination ordinances last year. Those ordinances passed after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it would support the measures.

In Utah, few law changes occur if the church disapproves. More than 80 percent of state lawmakers are Mormon, including Gov. Gary Herbert, a Republican.

Full Story from the NY Times
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UT: New State Senator Supports Gay Rights Bills

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

New state Sen. Ben McAdams wants to let gay couples and non-traditional families have more rights. Right now, only a parent or spouse can bring a lawsuit in the case of a wrongful death. McAdams wants to let gay couples, unmarried siblings, grandparents, etc., be able to do the same.

“In the case of my wife and I, if one of us were to be killed in an accident because of the negligence of another person, the surviving spouse would be able to bring a lawsuit to recover for that negligence,” McAdams explains. “Under current state law that only applies to a spouse or parent or child who could bring that wrongful death claim.”

McAdams is continuing where his predecessor Sen. Scott McCoy left off and says he thinks this is in line with family values.

Full Story from KSL.com

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UT: Salt Lake County to Consider LGBT Housing, Employment Protections

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The state’s most populous county is poised to follow the capital city next week in passing new protections for gay and transgender residents. The Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday will consider a pair of statutes that offer protections against discrimination based on sexual preference and gender identity in the areas of housing and employment.

While the county has had more general anti-discrimination laws on the books for decades, the new proposals extend them and were adapted from two ordinances unanimously adopted by the Salt Lake City Council last month. On Friday, Salt Lake County Council Chairman Joe Hatch praised the city for passing the new laws and opening doors with the decision.

“I totally salute the efforts of Salt Lake City and the hard work they’ve done,” he said. “It’s clearly paved the way for this to be a successful and uncontroversial issue for the county.”

Full Story from Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350965/Salt-Lake-County-to-consider-anti-bias-proposals.html

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UT: Sundance to Show "8: The Mormon Proposition"

Friday, December 4th, 2009

At 2 p.m. Thursday, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced that former Utah newsman Reed Cowan would bring his new documentary to the elite festival. By 5 p.m. Thursday, Cowan learned religious and anti-gay activists were organizing, discussing online whether they should gather at Park City to show their angry opposition to the screening.

Cowan’s film is “8: The Mormon Proposition.” It is described on the Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com, as “a scorching indictment of the Mormon Church’s historic involvement in the promotion and passage of California’s Proposition 8,” the proposition that banned same-sex marriage in California.

“I know that it’s going to be protested,” Cowan said in an e-mail interview from his home base in Florida. “I just got forwarded a blog threatening boycotts and protests. … I can tell you thousands of gay-rights leaders from all over the country are going to be marching in counterpoint to the other marches.”

Full Story from Standard.net: http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2009/12/03/prop-8-film-prompts-promises-boycotts-protests

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