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Utah State Senator Drafting Statewide ENDA

OIA Staff — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:52:10 +0000

State Senator Ben McAdams of Salt Lake City has sponsored a statewide anti-discrimination bill that would protect LGBT Utahns in the workplace. McAdams told FOX 13: “The problem is around the nation people believe that Utah discriminates and that’s, I think, the real power of this bill is to send a signal that we are [...]

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55% of Utah Mormons Believe LGBT People can “Change”

OIA Staff — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:25:33 +0000

A new poll released today by the Salt Lake Tribune shows that among Utah Mormons surveyed, 55% believe it is possible for people who are attracted to members of the same sex to change their sexual orientation. Twenty-five percent of Utah Mormons reported being “unsure,” and 15% believed gay people could not voluntarily “change” their [...]

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Non-discrimination ordinances become law in Salt Lake City

OIA Staff — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:38:16 +0000

A group of Salt Lake City leaders, along with members of Equality Utah, gathered on the steps of the City and County Building Friday morning to celebrate the implementation of the city’s new non-discrimination ordinances. The ordinances take effect Friday and make it against the law for landlords and employers to deny someone housing or [...]

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Utah Senator Orrin Hatch “Open” To Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal, And Then He Isn’t

OIA Staff — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:07:00 +0000

Talking to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell yesterday, Senator Orrin Hatch made it clear that he was open to repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. He stated that there were “outstanding patriotic gay people who serve in the military and who should be given credit for it” and that they should not be forced to lie about their [...]

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First Powell, Now Sen. Orrin Hatch: Can Gay Activists Exploit the Momentum to Repeal DADT?

OIA Staff — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:02:53 +0000

Update: Senator Hatch’s office released this statement today stating: Sen. Orrin Hatch says the left-leaning media misconstrued his comments in a TV interview Wednesday that seemed to imply he would be open to repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which requires gay service members to keep their sexual orientations secret. “I certainly do [...]

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Utah Lawmakers Drop Anti-Discrimination Plans

OIA Staff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:23:10 +0000

Utah lawmakers won’t consider a law that would ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in the workplace and in housing, and will instead spend the next year studying the issue, key lawmakers said Friday. How sweet of them. [ Topix ] Read the full article @ Utah Lawmakers Drop Anti-Discrimination Plans Read more articles @ [...]

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Utah’s Rep. Christine Johnson a Surrogate For Gay Couple

OIA Staff — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:46:56 +0000

Lesbian lawmaker – Rep. Christine Johnson – announced she’s a surrogate, carrying a baby for two male friends who happen to be gay. The Salt Lake City Democrat says she decided to become artificially impregnated with one of the men’s sperm after they expressed frustration over the difficulty of adopting a child in Utah. Utah [...]

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8:The Mormon Proposition, Controversial LDS/Gay Documentary Selected To Be Shown at Sundance

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:02 +0000

A documentary with anti-gay comments by Utah Senator Chris Buttars has been selected for a prestigious film festival. 8:The Mormon Proposition is obviously about Proposition 8 and the banning of gay marriage in California. Even more, it’s about the Mormons that dumped millions of dollars into taking away peoples’ rights. mormonproposition.com [ Clip Syndicate ] [...]

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We Finally Understand Why the Mormon Church Attacked These 2 Gay Kissers

OIA Staff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:26 +0000

It was the kiss heard ’round Salt Lake: Derek Jones and Matt Aune smooched in front of the Mormon Church on Main Street, and forced LDS to go and spend a few bucks erecting new warning signs. But hey, have we ever looked at it from the Church’s eyes? [ Queerty ] Read the full [...]

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