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The Southern Poverty Law Center found that hate groups and anti-government groups each grew by 14 percent in 2015, with two neo-Nazi groups and nine anti-government groups located in Utah.
"The Year in Hate and Extremism," with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump featured on the cover, includes a note about Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's October speech to the World Congress of Families, which SPLC considers a hate group for pushing discrimination against LGBT populations.
Utah's ties to anti-government groups have become more clear during standoffs at Cliven Bundy's Bunkerville, Nev., ranch and more recently at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon.
The Kanab funeral for Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, who took part in both standoffs, drew members of popular militia groups associated with the Malheur standoff.
So-called "anti-government groups" in Utah, according to SPLC, include:
• American Patriot Party, statewide
• Constitution Party of Utah, Bountiful
• Eagle Forum, South Jordan
• Liberty RoundTable, Highland
• Oath Keepers, Salt Lake City
• The Three Percenters, Sevier County
• Three Percenters Club, Gunnison
• Utah Light Foot Militia, Tooele County
• We the People, Ogden
The SPLC found only 14 states have more neo-Nazi groups than Utah's two — The Creativity Alliance and the National Socialist Movement.
The lone Utah hate incident cited in the SPLC report occurred Dec. 14, when swastikas were spray painted on a Middle Eastern deli in South Salt Lake.