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..and another comment... --The local gay community, totally
demonised by the popular religious affectations of the yokels, has learned
to fight back with a collective "so what?" and a lively scene downtown.
Truly, living well is the best revenge. Putting it all together, I sensed
during my seven years in Utah that there is a substantial-albeit untapped-reservoir
of progressive sentiment lurking below the political landscape in Salt
Lake City. During the Democratic surge of '92-'93 a sense of excitement
hung in the air but was sadly allowed to dissipate. The blame for this
belongs in large part to the local Democratic party: a gang of whipped
curs who have been stomped for so long by the Mormon Republican party that
the regulars can conceive of no better electoral strategy than to nominate
pale shadows of the Republican meat-eaters and hope that some might get
elected by accident. 1993 in particular saw a struggle between the regulars
and the far-more-progressive rank & file which saw the latter routed
in an embarrassing spectacle of unorganised enthusiasm.
The city is dominated by the gay
loathing LDS Church, which has repeatedly lobbied in California, Hawaii
and even Washington state to undermine the civil rights of gay Americans.
The Salt Lake City Council under the leadership of Bryce Jolly --an Log
Cabin Republic endorsee-- repealed civil rights protection for city employees
a few months after it had been passed by the previous council. Jolly, a
Mormon, told the Salt lake Triune that the church had asked him to repeal
it.
...and another comment..
Ah yes, the terrifying home of
the Mormon church. Home of the Utah State Legislature which is 90% Mormon.
Also, this year it became LEGAL to not hire someone on the basis of sexual
preference. Biggest fireworks/holiday of the year are not for the July
4 holiday but for the Utah only holiday of Pioneer Day where they celebrate
the founding of their city. Current water supply will run out within 20
years because of the efforts to keep grass growing in what originally was
a desert. Due to an adamant refusal to do any public works projects for
20 years, the city has been almost crippled by a rush, $1.7 billion highway
improvement plan. Incidentally, the U.S. Senate just voted to pick up $450
million of the tab....lucky Utah....
...and another comment...
At first glance, Salt Lake City
comes across as a Mormon-ridden cesspool and home to some of the most backwards
political neanderthals in America. While this analysis does stand up to
further scrutiny, I would like to point out that there is more to Salt
Valley than meets the eye.
--The University of Utah, a mere
three miles east of the Temple, is an excellent school, a some-time center
of reformist activism, and a potent counterweight to the anti-intellectual
reptilians found at Brigham Young University in Provo.
In conclusion, as grim as the situtation
looks in Utah, there are certain similarities to pre-glasnost Russia. Hope
exists that someday, somehow, things will be different. While I hold out
little hope that the LDS juggernaut will collapse of its own internal contradictions,
elements are not completely absent for a progressive flowering in the desert.
...and another comment...
I have lived in Salt Lake City
for four years now, and it might surprise people to learn that my state
senate and house district are liberal democratic strongholds! In fact,
my state senator won her first term this year easily, the republican candidate
having withdrawn before the election! There are pockets of political progressivism
in Utah, particularly in the cities of Salt Lake, Ogden, Park City, and
the labor-union strong areas of Tooele and Carbon County. The rest of the
state is dominated by staunch conservatives (particularly in the suburbs
of Salt Lake, Provo, and rural areas) and could definitely be considered
liberal-unfriendly.
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