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Utah State Sen. Buttars Axed from Committees Over Anti-Gay Remarks

Andy Towle February 20, 2009

Utah State Senator Chris Buttars was removed from his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee … [Read more...] about Utah State Sen. Buttars Axed from Committees Over Anti-Gay Remarks

Andy Towle February 18, 2009

This morning I posted that Utah's legislature was down to its last of five bills making up the gay rights "Common Ground Initiative." … [Read more...] about Utah’s Buttars Calls Gays ‘Threat to America’ as Gay Rights Bill Dies

Andy Towle February 18, 2009

Two more bills making up a gay rights "Common Ground Initiative" have failed to leave committee, the Salt Lake Tribune reports:"The Utah Legislature … [Read more...] about Third and Fourth Utah ‘Common Ground’ Gay Rights Bills Killed

Andy Towle February 17, 2009

Over the weekend, blog Drinking Liberally posted photos of a full-page ad taken out in the Salt Lake Tribune by a group called America Forever.A news … [Read more...] about Gay Rights Battles Heat Up in Utah as Group Buys Extremist Ad

Andy Towle February 11, 2009

Fa Junior Moi Moi, a 20-year-old man who was placed on the Salt Lake Police Department's Most Wanted list in November after assaulting a man because … [Read more...] about Salt Lake Gay Basher Arrested in Hawaii, Sent Back to Utah

Andy Towle February 10, 2009

Equality Utah's 'Common Ground' initiative has not seen much success. Two of its bills have failed already. The first failed in committee on the … [Read more...] about Utah Gov Voices Support for Gay Rights Initiative, Civil Unions

Andy Towle February 6, 2009

Hundreds of enthusiastic anti-gay conservatives attended a think tank at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah last night. It was the 'Sacred Ground … [Read more...] about Religious Conservatives Gather to Oppose Gay Rights in Utah

Andy Towle February 3, 2009

Following a quick and stinging defeat of the first of several gay rights bills in its Common Ground initiative, Equality Utah has launched a … [Read more...] about Equality Utah Launches Multimedia Blitz After Senate Defeat

Andy Towle January 28, 2009

The first piece of legislation presented in Equality Utah's 'Common Ground Initiative', a bill that "would have amended state law so that financial … [Read more...] about No Common Ground: First of Five Gay Rights Bills in Utah Killed

Andy Towle January 6, 2009

Gay Utahns will rally in Moab, Utah at Arches National Park at the park's well-known 'Delicate Arch' on Saturday at 1 pm to show support for Equality … [Read more...] about Equality Activists Seek Arch Support to Get Message Out in Utah