Unfortunately Stuart Reid

In an opinion piece written for the Deseret News on Wednesday, Utah State Senator Stuart Reid criticized Senator Orrin Hatch for his support of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act.  As a part of his criticism, Stuart Reid wrote this:

"Explaining his vote, Hatch declared, “Discrimination is wrong!” As a matter-of-fact, it is not wrong when public policy is intended to uphold moral standards for society that by their very nature discriminate. Every public policy passed into law discriminates against someone or something. The intended discrimination usually reflects the values of society."

To me, this is another example of why marriage equality will not happen in Utah soon.  Stuart Reid is one of many politicians in Utah who see laws that discriminate against homosexuals as discriminatory, discrimination that helps to create what they see as a good and healthy civilization.  Untill such time as mindsets like this are rebuked by the people in positions of power, laws that seek to create a fair and equitable environment for homosexuals, or any laws that can be construed as creating such an environment, will not be passed in the state of Utah.  Furthermore, if any judicial authority attempts to overrule any law that is discriminatory toward homosexuals, the politicians in the Utah State Legislature will simply find a way to pass that overturned law again, even if the new legislation runs afoul of the judiciary.  I'd like to say that this is not the case but unfortunately it is.  Unfortunately.