re liljojo: Summit County is but a tiny area in the great state of Utah and I would expect it to be more liberal than Tooele or Salt Lake Counties, etc. Utah, as you know, is huge and not very densely populated. Its three main cities are SLC, Provo and Ogden and all are ruled very closely with the (LDS) church. Even though, statistically Utah may be 50% LDS, it is nonetheless a theocracy and while 50% of its total residents might not like it, the rule makers and the government will continue to be largely made up of LDS members. I liked Utah and I loved the LDS community and their commitment to family and faith. My LDS friends never tried to "convert" me and were just as fascinated by the FLDS cults and sects as I was. But you need to face facts - it's a theocracy and it will remain a theocracy until those rascals like Orin Hatch get voted out. Obviously, at least 1% of your 50 percentile of non-LDS residents like it because they're winning the majority vote.
Utah is a theocracy and everyone there is happy with it. It is not nor will it ever be like Miami, San Francisco, Houston, NYC, LA, etc. Going to the temple property and kissing there was a cheap and stupid act of desperation for attention, something I'm sure you, Perez, can totally relate to. There are several other places they can go to express themselves but the temple??? The guards had every right to have them arrested because that is private property and they refused the request to leave the property. Unless you live there or have lived there, you wouldn't understand the culture and dynamics or the power the LDS church has in that state. THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN UTAH AND THEY LIKE IT THAT WAY. Get over it.
You know, I've had enough of your bullshit regarding this whole Pageant, and so have many others. This Carrie person did not go on the show spouting off her beliefs, YOU asked for it! Obviously the state of California sides with her because they keep voting it down! I don't think there is anything wrong with gays and lesbians marrying but it's like Ralphie May said - "if you want to suck a dick or take a dick up the ass, fine! But don't fuck up traffic to do it!"
Summit County is but a tiny area in the great state of Utah and I would expect it to be more liberal than Tooele or Salt Lake Counties, etc. Utah, as you know, is huge and not very densely populated. Its three main cities are SLC, Provo and Ogden and all are ruled very closely with the (LDS) church. Even though, statistically Utah may be 50% LDS, it is nonetheless a theocracy and while 50% of its total residents might not like it, the rule makers and the government will continue to be largely made up of LDS members. I liked Utah and I loved the LDS community and their commitment to family and faith. My LDS friends never tried to "convert" me and were just as fascinated by the FLDS cults and sects as I was. But you need to face facts - it's a theocracy and it will remain a theocracy until those rascals like Orin Hatch get voted out. Obviously, at least 1% of your 50 percentile of non-LDS residents like it because they're winning the majority vote.