Christina Axson sued the University of Utah over religious accommodations in 2000, and her settlement required the school to create a first-in-the-nation policy. Now that will be the standard under HB204.
Her lawsuit paved the way for a new Utah religious accommodations law. But she ‘paid a high cost’ for it. Christina Axson sued the University of Utah in 2000, and her settlement required the school to create a first-in-the-nation policy.
Now that will be the standard under HB204. Christina Axson, a woman who filed a lawsuit in 2000 as a theater student at the University of Utah that resulted in a religious accommodations policy, is pictured during an interview in Midvale on Monday, March 30, 2026.Here’s everything Utah lawmakers changed about higher education, from an open carry ban to new religious exemptions Utah college students could turn down assignments based on ‘religious and conscience beliefs’ under this billBig bonuses on the way: Utah’s public university and college presidents will soon be eligible for extra pay This professor at Utah’s smallest public college won a big award while defending the arts against cuts Courtney is a reporter at The Tribune, where she has worked since May 2016. She unwinds by fishing in the mountains far away from cell service. She’s a fan of bacon and Kevin Bacon.
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