|
Three couples file challenge to Utah's ban on same-sex marriage
On the eve of a historic debate in the U.S. Supreme Court over gay marriage, three couples in Utah filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to declare unconstitutional any law in the predominately Mormon state barring same-sex marriage.
The complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court for Utah says a voter-approved amendment to the state's constitution, in place since 2005, discriminates against a...
Salt Lake Tribune • Apr 4, 2013
|
|
|
|
Election boosts marriage hopes for Utah gay couples
"All of these developments have nothing to do with Utah" because of Amendment 3, Rosky said, noting it would take a vote of two-thirds of the Legislature and a majority of voters to repeal that measure. "It's implausible."
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 12, 2012
|
|
|
|
Utah Democrats split on party's gay-marriage stance
Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Elections released a poll in February that found 43 percent of Utahns supported civil unions and 28 percent backed legalizing gay marriage, while 29 percent opposed any recognition of same-sex relationships.
The political scientists found a big partisan gap, though, with 3 percent of Democrats opposing any recognition of gay couples, compared wit...
Salt Lake Tribune • Sep 4, 2012
|
|
|
|
Mormon church weighs in as Brits debate gay marriage
As the British government debates proposals to legalize same-sex marriage, the LDS Church's area authority in Europe has issued a letter to be read in all Mormon congregations there, confirming the "need to protect and promote marriage, as the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife."
The June 11 letter, signed by Elder Clifford T. Herbertson, area seventy for the Utah-based faith in E...
Salt Lake Tribune • Jun 20, 2012
|
|
|
|
Harry Reid says he supports gay marriage
"My personal belief is that marriage is between a man and a woman. But in a civil society, I believe that people should be able to marry whomever they want, and it's no business of mine if two men or two women want to get married," Reid said.
...
Salt Lake Tribune • May 10, 2012
|
|
|
|
Poll: Support, acceptance of gays is growing in Utah
Seventy percent of respondents said they know someone who is gay or lesbian. And 42 percent said their feelings about LGBT people have become more accepting over the last five to 10 years. (Seven percent said they have become less accepting.) Nearly 70 percent of men and 77 percent of women said they could be close friends with a gay or lesbian person. More than half, 55 percent, said they would b...
Salt Lake Tribune • Aug 12, 2011
|
|
|
Mormon statement wouldn't preclude a Prop 8-type push
When the LDS Church declared political involvement off-limits for its senior leaders earlier this week, the policy decree covered only partisan campaigns and did not extend to matters the church deems to have "significant community or moral consequences."
That means Mormon leaders could take an active role in another Proposition 8-type campaign....
Salt Lake Tribune • Jul 4, 2011
|
|
|
|
Gay-marriage ruling brings split Utah reaction
We have plans to go to California as soon as possible and make our marriage legal," said Salt Lake City resident Jeff Key, who, on Wednesday, celebrated not only the ruling but the three-year-anniversary of his nonlegal wedding with his partner, Adam Nelson. "I'm feeling pretty proud to be an American right now."
In fact, Key knelt on one knee at a Capitol Hill rally Wednesday evening and asked N...
Salt Lake Tribune • Aug 5, 2010
|
|
|
Gay rights: Oakland LDS Stake tries to heal post-Prop 8 rifts
In June 2008, the LDS First Presidency asked all California Mormons to give their time and money to Proposition 8, a ballot measure striking down gay marriage. Many members did so with gusto, circulating petitions, raising money, sending e-mails to church lists and putting up lawn signs.
That left other Bay Area Mormons, particularly those with gay friends and relatives, feeling embattled and al...
Salt Lake Tribune • Feb 5, 2010
|
|
|
|
Moviegoers applaud Prop. 8 film critical of LDS Church
It may be the friendliest audience Reed Cowan will get in Utah.
Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary "8: The Mormon Proposition," which harshly criticizes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its campaigning for California's ban on same-sex marriage, from the 600-strong audience attending the film's world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festi...
Salt Lake Tribune • Jan 25, 2010
|
|
|
|
Reid rips LDS Church's Prop. 8 support
In a meeting with gay-rights activists last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized the LDS Church for backing a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in California, saying the leaders of his faith should have stayed out of the contentious political fight.
Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is the highest ranking elected official who is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da...
Salt Lake Tribune • Oct 13, 2009
|
|
|
|
Gay-equality champion leaving Equality Utah post
Mike Thompson, Equality Utah's executive director is leaving the 5-year-old organization after four years at the helm. His last day is Friday.
The Oklahoma native is heading west to San Francisco -- a city he has wanted to live in for a long time -- to do what he does best: Build up fledgling nonprofits.
"He's always pushed to increase the number of people we serve," says Jane Marquardt, a form...
Salt Lake Tribune • May 25, 2009
|
|
|
|
Utah prime location for gay-rights movement
At the urging of their church leaders, Latter-day Saints were vigorous proponents of Proposition 8, the California campaign to outlaw gay marriage. Members in California and Utah gave about $16 million and the church itself, nearly $300,000. A backlash of protests, which were directed in part at Utah, seemed to baffle the church.
And while Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is Mormon, this year en...
Salt Lake Tribune • May 3, 2009
|
|
|
|
Walsh: LDS elders showed seasoned political savvy on California's Prop. 8
Documents leaked to Californians Against Hate show in fascinating detail the calculated way Mormon spiritual leaders spearheaded Hawaii's gay marriage fight 10 years ago. The handful of memos from then-Elder Loren C. Dunn to various members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles reveal a political machine within a patriarchy of faith:
Richard Wirthlin, not yet a general authority, polled the relat...
Salt Lake Tribune • Mar 26, 2009
|
|
|
|
All gay-rights bills fall short, but neither side is giving up
Equality Utah crafted the Common Ground Initiative in response to statements made by the LDS Church after passage of California's Proposition 8. Even though it supported the ballot measure, which banned same-sex marriage in the Golden State, the church said it "does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate...
Salt Lake Tribune • Feb 19, 2009
|
|
|
|
Guv, at odds with most Utahns, backs civil unions for gays
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., a spokeswoman said Monday, backs Equality Utah's Common Ground Initiative, a legislative effort that would provide some rights to gay and transgender Utahns. Even more, the Republican governor favors civil unions.
It's a position that runs counter to his political party and against the majority of Utahns -- 70 percent of whom oppose civil unions, according to a recent Salt...
Salt Lake Tribune • Feb 10, 2009
|
|
|
|
Utahns, LDS Church spent more on Prop. 8 than previously known
Utahns and the LDS Church spent significantly more than previously reported on last-minute efforts to push passage of California's ban of same-sex marriage, newly filed financial disclosures show.
Donations from as many as 1,025 individual and businesses in Utah to both sides of the Proposition 8 campaign totaled about $3.8 million, according to new filings with California's secretary of state, ...
Salt Lake Tribune • Feb 10, 2009
|
|
|
|
Uncommon ground
That alleged "slippery slope" is protected by an impenetrable guard rail -- Amendment 3 of the Utah Constitution, which defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman. What Common Ground supporters seek are basic legal rights and protections, not marriage licenses. Lawmakers should set their paranoia aside, and listen to common sense instead of the radical right....
Salt Lake Tribune • Jan 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Gay students at BYU still struggle for acceptance
Recent studies show that gays rejected by their families have a far higher incidence of suicide, while mainstream psychology flatly rejects therapies intended to "cure" same-sex attraction....
Salt Lake Tribune • Jan 27, 2009
|
|
|
|
Another Utah poll backs some gay rights, but same-sex couple adoption opposed
A new statewide poll seeking to debunk the gay-Mormon divide shows substantial support -- 63 percent -- for additional legal protections for gay and transgender people.
And 66 percent of the Utahns polled characterize their religious beliefs as LDS.
The survey, conducted Jan. 8-14 by Ogden-based Information Alliance and commissioned by Equality Utah, also shows wide margins favoring workplace a...
Salt Lake Tribune • Jan 20, 2009
|
|
|
|
Prop 8 inspires new army of Utah activists
The ballot measure, eliminating the right of gay couples to marry in California, succeeded, but it also ignited a furor among gay-rights supporters, forging and fortifying a new generation of activists who could fuel the movement for years to come....
Salt Lake Tribune • Jan 18, 2009
|
|
|
|
Gays unite at 'town hall' event
The forum was a rare opportunity for virtually every gay rights group, from Equality Utah and the Log Cabin Republicans to the Queer People of Color Network, to collaborate and solicit new ideas. The top priority: Equality Utah's Common Ground initiative, a collection of six bills aimed at the 2009 legislative session that would enhance legal protections offered to LGBT Utahns....
Salt Lake Tribune • Dec 17, 2008
|
|
|
|
'Wicked' composer won't withhold work from LDS groups over Prop 8
...Mormons in New York City continue to feel the heat from friends and colleagues....
Salt Lake Tribune • Dec 16, 2008
|
|
|
|
Probe into LDS Church's Prop 8 donations going forward
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 24, 2008
|
|
|
|
More than mischief: Recent activity on Proposition 8
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 24, 2008
|
|
|
|
Prop 8 involvement a P.R. fiasco for LDS Church
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 22, 2008
|
|
|
|
Panel OKs first gay-rights measure
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 20, 2008
|
|
|
|
PFLAG prods LDS Church to back gay-rights bills
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 18, 2008
|
|
|
|
Will of the majority doesn't make Proposition 8 just
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 16, 2008
|
|
|
|
Utah Gay rights advocates oppose boycott of the state
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Nov 15, 2008
|
|
|
|
Kirby on gay marriage: It's official - I don't care
...
Salt Lake Tribune • Oct 24, 2008
|
|
