I didn't feel the Earth shake in Utah.

BYU changes it's "honor code" forbidding homosexual behavior, and the Salt Lake Tribune rubs it in the face of the mormon taliban by posting this pic of two women kissing in front of a campus statue of Brigham Young above the fold on the cover of today's paper. The woman had it taken and labeled it her "first gay kiss". 

From the Trib.

BYU Honor Code drops ‘homosexual behavior’

Many students cheer as they learn that the section banning “all forms of physical intimacy” between members of the same sex has been removed, but BYU officials warn about “some miscommunication.”

By COURTNEY TANNER

The Salt Lake Tribune

Standing in the shadow of the iconic campus statue of Brigham Young, Franchesca Lopez leaned forward, grabbed her friend, Kate Foster, and kissed her.

The seconds-long embrace was meant to be a celebration. To them, though, it was also historic.

The two women, students at Brigham Young University, ran to that special spot on campus Wednesday as soon as they heard that the conservative Utah school had quietly removed from its Honor Code the section titled “ Homosexual Behavior.” That part of the strict campus rules had long banned students from “all forms of physical intimacy” between members of the same sex.

Lopez, who identifies as bisexual, didn’t expect it to ever change. “I just keep thinking maybe I imagined the whole thing,” she said, still jittery from what she’s calling her “first gay kiss.”

Though the changes to the policy are certainly a landmark at the private religious institution, what exactly it will mean is still largely left to be determined. The Honor Code Office and a spokeswoman for BYU, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, declined to elaborate on a brief online statement that said only that the code had been “updated.”

Meanwhile, Utah Senator Mike Lee holds a town hall and says the ERA is part of a "radical pro-abortion agenda". The rest of his stupid remarks re: Mitt Romney and impeachment are too long to post...

...and the Utah legislature is considering requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound and "requiring the physician or technician performing the ultrasound would have to describe 'the presence and location of each unborn child in the uterus,' display the images so that a woman can see them and make the fetal heartbeat audible to the woman, if possible, the legislation states.

The bill, sponsored by freshman Rep. Steve Christiansen, stipulates that nothing would prevent a woman from “averting her eyes” from the ultrasound images or asking the physician to lower the volume of the heartbeat.

A physician would not be allowed to perform an abortion unless a woman presents a completed form demonstrating she has met the ultrasound requirement. Doctors who disregard the mandate would be liable for fines up to $100,000 for the first offense and $250,000 for each subsequent offense, according to HB364.

Just another day in the Land of Zion while the legislature is in session.