Comments on: Utah’s Legislature Shoots Down Every Gay Rights Bill It Can

By: Charles J. Mueller

Charles J. Mueller — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:16:22 +0000

@Sebbe:

Thank you, Sebbe. That’s most kind of you.

By: Sebbe

Sebbe — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:38:30 +0000

@Charles – Like I have said before. I hope soon you are able to be with your loved one full time.

By: Charles J. Mueller

Charles J. Mueller — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:34:30 +0000

@petted:

And as a part-time resident of the Philippines, I am sad to report that they also have a number of beach heads there as well…one of which is just down the road from where we live.

I agree with you 100% about making it necessary for them to spend more time and money on PR damage control.

They have far too much money to spend on guns and ammunition to make war with.

By: petted

petted — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:23:03 +0000

@Charles J. Mueller: Afraid the Mormon’s already have a beach head in the UK – don’t remember the name of the town but apparently they have one of their missionary training camps there.

We should make sure that the Mormon church’s silence and the death of all the bills in committee gets mainstream media coverage – having them have to spend more time and money on PR damage control certainly wont upset me.

By: dfrw

dfrw — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:29:05 +0000

I am stunned. Stunned. Stunned is the only word to describe how stunned I am.

NOT!

By: leschuck

leschuck — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:35:25 +0000

Let the record show the Mormon Church is the opprssor, the bigot, the sworn enemy of civil equality in America for all gay citizens.

By: Charles J. Mueller

Charles J. Mueller — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:19:02 +0000

By being conspicuously quiet on the CGI bills the Mormon Church proved, yet once again, what disingenuous liars they are.

If nothing else, they are exposing themselves for the bigoted, hateful homophobes that they are.

They are in the same class as the classless Fred Phelps Camp.

Bet they’d get banned from entering Britain just like Phelps. And, if not, they should be.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:59:12 +0000

I’m in Utah, and worked to support the CGI. The LDS Church kept completely silent on the CGI bills, at least publicly (I’m sure they were happy to let their proxies in the legislature take the heat). They were caught with their pants down when Equality Utah took them up on their statements of support for these rights.

Still, what has happened is amazing. More and more Utahns, including a surprising number of Mormons (I work with and am friends with many who are dismayed by prop 8 and the CGI bills), are beginning to support us – we just need to move them to the place where they will call & email legislators to tell them that, and vote to get rid of the bigots.

By: Sebbe

Sebbe — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:30:48 +0000

@ChicagoJimmy – right on

By: Vivian

Vivian — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:25:57 +0000

Somewhere in Utah there’s a little chrome handle sticking out of one of those pretty rocks they have all over the place. If someone were to push that handle, there would be a loud whooshing sound and a mass of circular, swirling water would flush the entire state away. Let’s find that handle, shall we?

By: ChicagoJimmy

ChicagoJimmy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:19:36 +0000

Well I guess they can now just shut the fuck up about this all being about the word marriage and not wanting to deny anyone any rights. Where was the Mormon church on these initiatives? Did they provide their full-throated support to simply providing the right to visit one’s partner in the hospital or the right to not be discriminated against in housing or employment?

By: Mad Professah

Mad Professah — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:14:35 +0000

I’m shocked, SHOCKED to see that the majority Republican (and Mormon) legislature in Utah is rejecting basic equality and civil rights protections for LGBT people!

(Not.)