Utah § 63G-20-201 Provisions governing solemnizing or recognizing a marriage -- Prohibition against employment actions.

Utah Statutes

§ 63G-20-201 — Provisions governing solemnizing or recognizing a marriage -- Prohibition against employment actions.

Utah § 63G-20-201

Title 63GGeneral Government

Ch. 63G-20Religious Protections in Relation to Marriage, Family, or Sexuality

Part 63G-20-2Government Entities Prohibited from Certain Burdens on Religious Beliefs

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Utah Code Ann. § 63G-20-201 (2026).

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government or a state or local government official may not:

(1)require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to solemnize or recognize for ecclesiastical purposes a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;

(2)if the religious official or religious organization is authorized to solemnize a marriage by Section 81-2-305, deny a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization the authority to legally solemnize a legal marriage based on the religious official's or religious organization's refusal to solemnize any legal marriage that is contrary to the religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government or a state or local government official may not:
(1) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to solemnize or recognize for ecclesiastical purposes a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;
(2) if the religious official or religious organization is authorized to solemnize a marriage by Section 81-2-305, deny a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization the authority to legally solemnize a legal marriage based on the religious official's or religious organization's refusal to solemnize any legal marriage that is contrary to the religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;
(3) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to provide goods, accommodations, advantages, privileges, services, facilities, or grounds for activities connected with the solemnization or celebration of a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs; or
(4) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to promote marriage through religious programs, counseling, courses, or retreats in a way that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs.