Utah Governor Gary Herbert, who took over for moderate Governor Jon Huntsman after Huntsman resigned to become Ambassador to China, has spoken out against anti-discrimination laws which include sexual orientation:

"In his most definitive comments yet on gay rights, Herbert told

reporters he doesn't believe sexual orientation should be a protected

class in the way that race, gender and religion are. 'We don't

have to have a rule for everybody to do the right thing. We ought to

just do the right thing because it's the right thing to do and we don't

have to have a law that punishes us if we don't,'Herbert said in his

first monthly KUED news conference. In Utah, it is legal to fire

someone for being gay or transgender. The gay rights advocacy group

Equality Utah has been trying to change state law for several years but

has always been rebuffed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Last

year, the group got Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman's support for

extending some rights to gay people, although none of the bills it

backed became law."

Unfortunately, that's why we have anti-bias laws. Because people don't do the right thing.