Social Issues

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Debra Coe, Utah Commission on LGBT Suicide Prevention, speaks about Health Education Amendments Senate Bill 196 during the legislature, at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Utah lawmakers took the first step Tuesday to get rid of a state law that bans the "advocacy of homosexuality" in schools, a move driven by a court challenge from gay rights groups. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP)

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Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, speaks about Health Education Amendments Senate Bill 196 during the legislature in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Utah lawmakers took the first step Tuesday to get rid of a state law that bans the "advocacy of homosexuality" in schools, a move driven by a court challenge from gay rights groups. Adams, who is sponsoring the proposal, said the replacement makes it clear that the state does not want teachers to promote sex outside marriage when they present opt-in, abstinence-based sex education. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP)

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FILE - This Feb. 9, 2017, photo, Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, left, and Sen. Ralph Okerlund, R- Monroe, right, look on from the Senate floor, at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers took the first step Tuesday, Feb. 21, to get rid of a state law that bans the "advocacy of homosexuality" in schools, a move driven by a court challenge from gay rights groups. Adams, who is sponsoring the proposal, said the replacement makes it clear that the state does not want teachers to promote sex outside marriage when they present opt-in, abstinence-based sex education. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, right, speaks with Sen. Howard A. Stephenson, R-Salt Lake, left, on the Senate floor Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers took the first step Tuesday to get rid of a state law that bans the "advocacy of homosexuality" in schools, a move driven by a court challenge from gay rights groups. Adams, who is sponsoring the proposal, said the replacement makes it clear that the state does not want teachers to promote sex outside marriage when they present opt-in, abstinence-based sex education. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Kenzo Morris, right, listens during a public hearing on a bill that would bar discrimination based on gender identity, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Concord, N.H. Morris, a stay-at-home father, came out as transgender four years ago. Morris testified that he was mocked when he went to change the gender identity on his driver's license. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

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Vivian Murphy, left, and Gerri Cannon, second from left, listen during a public hearing on a bill that would bar discrimination based on gender identity, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Concord, N.H. Cannon testified in favor of the bill, recounting her experiences being harassed as restaurants and losing jobs over her gender identity. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

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Chloe LaCasse, right, listens during a public hearing on a bill that would bar discrimination based on gender identity, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Concord, N.H. Morris, a stay-at-home father, came out as transgender four years ago. LaCasse, 45, came out as a transgender woman last summer. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

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Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., center front, addresses a crowd as Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., center left, as they join workers, immigrants, and community advocates during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. According to organizers the rally was held to send a message to Republicans in Congress and the administration of President Donald Trump that they will continue to press for immigration rights and continued affordable healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Wilfredo Mendoza, of Boston, left, and Christina Villafranca, of Malden, Mass., right, displays a placards during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. According to organizers the rally was held to send a message to Republicans in Congress and the administration of President Donald Trump that they will continue to press for immigration rights and continued affordable healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., front, addresses a crowd as he and Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., second from left, join workers, immigrants, and community advocates during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

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Julie Gonzalez, of Boston, center, and Sadia Mohamed, of Chelsea, Mass., right, display placards and chant slogans while standing in front of a memorial to the Irish potato famine, left, during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. According to organizers the rally was held to send a message to Republicans in Congress and the administration of President Donald Trump that they will continue to press for immigration rights and continued affordable healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Molly Hitt, of Boston, displays an American flag while standing in front of a memorial to the Irish potato famine, right, during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. According to organizers the rally was held to send a message to Republicans in Congress and the administration of President Donald Trump that they will continue to press for immigration rights and continued affordable healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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President Donald Trump looks at an exhibit of Dr. Ben Carson, his nominee for Housing and Urban Development secretary, during a tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Virginia death row inmate, William Morva. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Morva’s appeal on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Morva was in jail awaiting trial on attempted robbery charges in 2006 when he overpowered a deputy sheriff during a trip to the hospital. He used the deputy's pistol to fatally shoot a security guard and fatally shot another deputy during a manhunt the next day. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, file photo, people wave U.S. flags during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles. Since Trump’s immigration enforcement order and travel ban, immigrants have been rushing to prepare applications to become Americans. Advocates in Los Angeles, Maryland and New York catering to diverse immigrant communities from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East all said they’ve been fielding a rising number of questions about how to become a U.S. citizen. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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In this photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections, Tommy Arthur in a mugshot taken at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. The Supreme Court is freeing Alabama to try again to execute a convicted killer who has been on death row for more than 30 years.The justices on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, turned down an appeal from inmate Tommy Arthur. In November, the court blocked Arthur's execution as he waited in a holding cell outside the state's execution chamber. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)