Utah OKs Anti-Discrimination Bill

Sen. Stephen Urquhart, left, R-St. George, embraces Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, after the Republican-controlled Utah Legislature passed an anti-discrimination bill Wednesday in Salt Lake City. A Mormon-church-backed anti-discrimination bill that protects LGBT Utah residents residents and religious rights received final approval at the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday. Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature also has passed a bill that allows county clerks to refuse to marry same-sex couples for religious reasons. But the bill requires a county clerk’s office to designate someone who will marry gay couples if the clerk opts out. More here. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)