Utah lawmakers consider an opt-out bill VERBATIM: The measure would allow college students to decline an assignment if it conflicts with their deeply-held religious beliefs. GOP State Representative Mike Peterson is sponsoring the legislation, telling the Salt Lake Tribune that his daughter had been assigned by one professor to write a letter to a local official […]
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Utah lawmakers consider an opt-out bill
Utah lawmakers consider an opt-out bill
VERBATIM: The measure would allow college students to decline an assignment if it conflicts with their deeply-held religious beliefs. GOP State Representative Mike Peterson is sponsoring the legislation, telling the Salt Lake Tribune that his daughter had been assigned by one professor to write a letter to a local official urging support for LGBT policies. He says “Sometimes a student gets put in a position where it violates their conscience and have no recourse,” MH REPORTING