Utah Republicans are very mad about forced ideology. A new bill forces some ideology on campuses

Utah Sen. John Johnson, R-Ogden, has a novel fix for “intellectual diversity” on campus: make universities stage ideological showpieces—and punish them if they don’t. His new bill, SB295, orders public colleges to host and record events on public policy that feature “differing viewpoints,” even as it extends the Legislature’s campaign to gut every other form of diversity.

That mandate isn’t a suggestion. Schools that don’t comply could see their funding cut—letting the GOP‑controlled Legislature that has framed DEI programs as government overreach wield the government’s checkbook to enforce ideological programming.