{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-20-201","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 63G-20-201","heading":"Provisions governing solemnizing or recognizing a marriage -- Prohibition against employment actions.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government or a state or local government official may not:\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(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.","path":["Title 63G General Government","Chapter 63G-20 Religious Protections in Relation to Marriage, Family, or Sexuality","Part 63G-20-2 Government Entities Prohibited from Certain Burdens on Religious Beliefs"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter20/63G-20-S201.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"efe09b7eb54ecbad17262a8bf887021528042be400540c1f4f3da4e7e9ab5673","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-20-103","next":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-20-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}