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The University of Utah debate team will present a debate Tuesday evening on whether the Utah Legislature should pass a statewide law to prohibit housing and employment discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Two-thirds of Utahns support passing such a measure, according to a January Salt Lake Tribune poll, but Republican lawmakers have squashed Democrats' attempts to do so four years in a row.
Equality Utah and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson's High Road for Human Rights will debate the question with the Utah Eagle Forum and other opponents of the legislation. A dozen Utah cities and counties have passed anti-discrimination ordinances to protect gay and transgender residents.
Tuesday's debate is scheduled to take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building. (The building is southeast of the visitor parking lot outside of the U.'s Olpin Union Building, but click here for a map.)