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<\/p>\nProvo, Utah\u2019s Taxpayer-Funded Freedom Festival Rejects 5 LGBTQ Groups Hours After Signing Nondiscrimination Deal<\/b>
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One day after it added a non-discrimination clause to its funding agreement, Provo Utah\u2019s America\u2019s Freedom Festival<\/a> rejected entry applications for 5 LGBTQ groups which had applied to be in its parade and festival. The festival is a taxpayer-funded non-profit which receives $100,000 from Utah\u00a0 County.<\/p>\n The Salt Lake Tribune<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u2018A prepared statement issued by the Freedom Festival on Wednesday afternoon said 22 applicants were rejected because they \u201cwere deemed outside the parameters of the parade guidelines.\u201d It went on to say that the organization fairly reviewed each parade application \u201cin full alignment with the Freedom Festival\u2019s nondiscrimination policy.\u201d The unsigned statement did not identify those groups, nor the 80 applicants accepted, except to say they match the parade\u2019s newly announced theme \u201cUnited We Stand,\u201d saluting military members and \u201cothers who have given much to our beloved country.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n A petition online calls on taxpayer funding to be pulled<\/a> from the festival.<\/p>\n The post Provo, Utah\u2019s Taxpayer-Funded Freedom Festival Rejects 5 LGBTQ Groups Hours After Signing Nondiscrimination Deal<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n