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“Sadly, as we are not even 30 years past the first acknowledgement of Pride Month by President Clinton,” writes Clio Ajana, “we are reverting. Certain states have passed state or local proclamations declaring June as anything but Pride Month.”
Utah’s 2024 religious freedom law, SB150, “the strongest RFRA law that exists in the nation,” faces a surprise major test as a federal judge halts prosecution of a Provo faith group using psilocybin tea sacramentally, citing potential irreparable harm to the religion’s survival.
Sheri Barker visits Tse’ Hane’, or Newspaper Rock, in which more than 650 petroglyphs have been carved by members of numerous Indigenous cultures over the past 1500 years.
The horizon promised forever, with the land in between rich with life and beauty. The Divine Mother was present everywhere in those fertile fields, hills, and mountains. The endurance of the land and the creatures and spirits who dwell there filled me with awe.
A bill introduced in the Utah legislature last week adds “Ritual Abuse of A Child” to the sexual crimes statute echoing similar bills from the Satanic Panic era.