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Utah may be known as one of the most conservative states in the nation, but a majority of its residents favor LGBT-inclusive laws against discrimination in employment and housing, according to a new poll.
In the poll, commissioned by gay rights group Equality Utah, 73% of respondents said they somewhat or strongly favor adoption of state laws to ban workplace and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, Salt Lake City TV station KSL reports. More than 80% believed the state already had such laws; it does not.
Respondents were less supportive of equal rights in the realm of parenting and marriage. More than half opposed adoption or foster parenting by gay couples and transgender people, while 65% opposed marriage equality. Some 64%, though, favored legal relationship recognition short of marriage, such as a system of domestic partnerships or civil unions.
While the news was not all positive, it was encouraging to Equality Utah executive director Brandie Balken. "Utahns at their core are nondiscriminatory people," she told KSL, adding, "As understanding about the broad support of these protections and also understanding about the implications of discrimination on our communities continues to grow, it enhances our opportunity to achieve statewide passage for these important protections." Several cities and counties in the state have adopted such protections, and an LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination measure was tabled last week in the town of American Fork but may come up for consideration again next year.
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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.