SALT LAKE CITY — Hundreds of people attended a Sunday wedding expo in Salt Lake City aimed at connecting same-sex couples with businesses who won’t refuse to work on gay weddings.
That denial is a common occurrence in a state where florists, bakers and photographers have a legal right to refuse to serve a gay couple.
The Human Rights Campaign says Utah is one of 29 states where it is legal for businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples. A proposal to change that law died last week in Utah’s Republican-controlled legislature.
Michael Aaron, the show organizer and publisher of QSalt Lake magazine, says about 40 LG BT-friendly businesses attended the expo.
Aaron says the Salt Lake City expo was the first since same-sex marriage became legal in Utah in 2013.
