{"id":1410,"date":"2008-03-10T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-26T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:05:13","slug":"utah-keeps-gay-parenting-discussion-in-the-closet-proposed-adoption-bill-loses-battle-without-a-public-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/03\/utah-keeps-gay-parenting-discussion-in-the-closet-proposed-adoption-bill-loses-battle-without-a-public-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah keeps gay parenting discussion in the closet. Proposed adoption bill loses battle without a public hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Salt Lake Tribune<\/cite> is reporting a defeat for lesbian and gay Americans living in Utah. Legislation proposed by Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck would have repealed Utah’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children.<\/p>\n But reporter Jennifer Francis writes “the bill was closeted in the Rules Committee without a single public hearing”.<\/p>\n Rep. Chavez-Houck said:<\/p>\n “I have a number of families who [wanted] to testify at a public hearing to share their stories about what it would mean for them to adopt,” she said. “In a state that touts itself for its family values, I get concerned when the voices of all families are not allowed to be heard.”<\/p>\n “We’re going to keep bringing up [the adoption bill],” she said. “We won’t give up. The start of changing public policy is to at least have an open dialogue.”<\/p>\n Rep. Chavez-Houck was appointed to complete the term of former House Minority Leader – Ralph Becker, now Mayor of Salt Lake City. She hopes to be elected to a two-year term this fall.<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting a defeat for lesbian and gay Americans living in Utah. Legislation proposed by Rep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[220,390],"yoast_head":"\n