Nearly three-fourths of Utahns support legal same-sex marriage. A new Utah poll found 72% agree that gay marriag should be regnized by the law as valid, wh same rights as tradnal marriag.
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- BANNED OM MARRYG CHA, GAY UPL TURN TO UTAH’S ZOOM WEDDGS
- LEGAL QUIRK ALLOWS GAY UPL CHA TO GET MARRIED ONLE NSERVATIVE UTAH
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
BANNED OM MARRYG CHA, GAY UPL TURN TO UTAH’S ZOOM WEDDGS
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Wa, g some to worry this reversal uld impact s like the urt’s lg on gay marriage 2015. “I thk that if gay marriage were to be overturned followg abortn and women’s rights, really would e an uproar and I thk ’s protectg Utah, and ’s protectg our polics as much as ’s protectg same sex upl, ” said Hill. Derek Kchen, D-Salt Lake Cy, the only openly gay member of the Utah Legislature and a lead platiff the Kchen v.
Herbert lawsu that legalized gay marriage here seven years ago. Although he was recently divorced himself, Kchen said, “Utah has a ep culture of fdg stabily and support and mted relatnships” — which extends to gay marriage here, is No. ”He add that he hop the new timat will ease fears that people have had about gay marriage as they “start to see and realize that we’re jt Utahns like everybody else, tryg to build a fay and a happy life.
”Before urt lgs that opened the door to gay marriage Utah and eventually natnwi, the state had a strict ban on same-sex marriage, or any laws thorizg marriagelike benefs, rights or legal stat such as hospal visg privileg, adoptn or jot tax filg. So, for the first time, s timat provi more rmatn about how many gay upl marry or live together Cens Bure reported that 8, 451 of the 1.
LEGAL QUIRK ALLOWS GAY UPL CHA TO GET MARRIED ONLE NSERVATIVE UTAH
02 ln hoeholds the state are head by gay upl, whether they are married or live together, about 0. 17 natnally, or the top half of 5, 878 of those gay hoeholds are head by married upl, or women same-sex marriag outnumber men by a 3-to-2 marg, 3, 148 to 2, 460. The exact oppose is te among gay upl who are habg whout marriage.
(Stt Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Michael Fergon kiss his hband Seth Anrson after they beme the first gay uple Utah to be married on Dec.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
20, 2013, after a urt cisn allowed, the new data about the high percentage of gay upl Utah who choose to marry do not surprise gay rights activists or Perlich, senr mographer at the Universy of Utah’s Kem C.
And the Mormon culture regn [ the Mounta Wt] is fely a marryg culture, ” and gays raised or livg here have bee part of add that the importance of marriage to gays here not jt bee of the culture, but also bee they were legally exclud om for s — makg a prized legal top of that, she noted many churchgog people the regn who highly value tradnal oppose-sex marriage felt that “translated to the rejectn of the relatnship between same-sex people. ”Kchen and Williams say Utah has bee a relatively welg place for gays and gay upl, pecially Salt Lake Cy. “As a gay person Salt Lake Cy, I feel treated rpectfully, equally.
“I uldn’t image beg a gay man anywhere else.