Utah

In 2004, as discriminatory constitutional amendments were on the ballot in numerous states throughout the nation, Utah citizens voted on an anti-relationship recognition constitutional amendment which passed and wrote discrimination into Utah's constitution. State advocacy groups are working to both repeal such discrimination and end the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.

Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment

Groups Actively Working on Marriage

Equality Utah: Utah's central statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization 

 

Blog Posts Related to Utah

In the name of love

Tony Javed, Freedom to Marry's Online Communications Manager, discusses Pride Day, the new documentary, "8: The Morman Proposition" and new initiatives at Freedom to Marry.

ReThink Review: 8: the Mormon Proposition—How Marriage Equality Got SLC Punk’d

For many Californians, as well as gay people around the world, the wounds are still fresh and the minds still boggled that the anti-marriage eqaulity Prop. 8 could have passed in California. Was it complacency, lack of minority outreach, too many people taking their eye off the ball? While all of these share some responsibility, perhaps the biggest factor was the flood of money and manpower that deluged California as a result of a call to action by Utah's Mormon Church.

LDS Church fined for tardy financial reports during Prop 8

The LDS Church has agreed to pay a fine to California for failing to report, on time, contributions the Utah-based faith made in fall 2008 to help overturn the freedom to marry in the Golden State.

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Resources Related to Utah

Utah Census Snapshot

Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Utah.

Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey

Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".

Same-Sex Marriage: When Will It Reach Utah?

The road to marriage equality in Utah.

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