Utah responds to flag initiative lawsuit, asks judge to deny injunction
Utah election leaders filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge to deny a motion tied to a lawsuit filed by a group seeking a state flags initiative.
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Utah election leaders filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge to deny a motion tied to a lawsuit filed by a group seeking a state flags initiative.
I was astounded to <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/05/01/fight-over-utahs-state-flag/">read</a>, in a recent issue of The Tribune, that flag opposers have dubbed themselves the “Are You Listening Yet PAC.” I was at the state convention recently when a delegate in favor of the resolution to oppose the newly adopted state flag ranted for two minutes straight about how we are erasing our history. Apparently, he hadn’t been paying attention just twelve years earlier in 2011 when the state flag was changed for the sixth time in state history.
The fight over Utah's state flag will continue into next year. A group hoping to overturn Utah's new state flag is set to file a ballot initiative on Tuesday.