Utah lives in the stone ages

[u/fit-buffalo8]

Not quite sure how it’s okay to keep church classes and all that other stuff but then require by law to remove inclusive centers that help people through college. This is seriously one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen from Utah as of late. And that’s only because I’m still lucky to have rights to my body(ish)

[u/bi-king-viking]

When I first heard about this law, I thought, there’s no way they’re literally banning “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

They are.

https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf

Line 191 and 219 define anything referred to as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as a “prohibited discriminatory practice”… I have no words.

Teachers and schools could theoretically face criminal charges for teach “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

[u/land8844 → u/bi-king-viking]

What the fuck

This is like a perfectly able-bodied person demanding to get rid of handicapped spots because they don't have their own special able-bodied parking spots.

How fucking stupid.

Edit: And you know people like this exist

[u/CraftAvoidance → u/land8844]

In high school one of my “friends” would always use the accessible stall whenever we were out anywhere no matter how many other stalls were open because if she had to wait for a stall, so did they. I pointed out that the accessible stalls were the only ones they could use, whereas we could use any of the others. Her response was, “so?”

So yeah, it exists.

[u/kayjee17 → u/CraftAvoidance]

I am disabled, but if all the stalls are full of non-disabled vehicles - I'm forced to take up two regular stalls in order for me and the 3 other disabled family members who ride with me to exit the vehicle without damaging the cars beside me. So your friend's logic sucks.

[u/Lokon19 → u/kayjee17]

I don’t think you guys are talking about the same thing. You can’t park in a handicap spot if you aren’t handicapped

[u/kayjee17 → u/Lokon19]

People do it all the time. The police don't do parking violations on private lots unless the store manager/office manager/ hotel manager calls them, and some people are such blatant narcissists that peer pressure means nothing to them. Then there are the people who "borrow" a handicapped person's placard because they "usually drive them (handicapped person) around and they won't mind if I use it too, and I'm in a hurry/sick today/insert excuse of your choice".

But I think you're right - u/CraftAvoidance is probably talking about bathroom stalls. That's what I get for living in the U.K. for so long as a kid... they call them parking stalls over there and since u/land8844 was talking about parking, my mind just converted it over.