Quotes

“I am 72 with an abiding love for books, current events and history. It’s frightening to see American citizens banning books, eliminating basic U.S. history lessons from curriculum, openly calling for civil war and authorizing discrimination against LGBT citizens. It’s unAmerican.”

—Tom Wharton, Salt Lake Tribune

“Legislators cannot erase us and we will remain visible!”

—@realtalkwjosieon Twitter in a photo wrapped in a pride flag at the Utah State Capitol Building

“It makes me so upset that people in the LGBT community are the most Christ-like people I know, but aren’t welcome, and that the people that are hateful and exclusionary are welcomed into the temple and asked to hold important callings.”

—Dustin Liechty

“But if [Utah Legislators] talked about teen suicide, they’d have to admit that their behavior towards LGBT+ youth is contributing to the suicide epidemic and they don’t want to face that kind of accountability.”

—@Fibby1123 through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.”