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Anti-Discrimination & Religous Freedom on Monday's Access Utah

Rick Bowmer, AP

This week high-ranking officials from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a news conference to address of religious freedom, and discrimination against the LGBT community.
On Monday's AU we'll look at legislation being proposed this year regarding these issues. We'll hear from Governor Gary Herbert, Senator Stephen Urquhart and Representative Jacob Anderegg. 

Governor Herbert, for one, thinks the two issues are linked and should be addressed together: If the legislature passes an anti-discrimination bill it should also pass a bill ensuring religious freedom for those who don't support same-sex marriage. Join us to hear how Utah's Legislators plan to address these issues during the 2015 Utah Legislative session. 

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.