Kanab, Utah is in the news after passing a resolution upholding marriage between a man and a woman.
According to the mayor of Kanab, its the sort of thing that promotes children, and values, and young women who will grow up to be homemakers.
One way we know that Kanab is on the cutting edge here is that they are the only city on the planet to adopt this particular resolution that was drafted--oddly enough--by a conservative and homophobic think tank.
In reality, the reason this tiny little city is in the news is that Arthur Frommer--nationally syndicated columnists and travel guru--called for a boycott of the town, faulting the resolution as simple minded and bigoted.
Although I agree with Mr. Frommer's stance, I am concerned about one thing...
He said that "[Kanab] really ought to wake up and join the modern world." This makes me wonder if this guy has even visited Utah, let alone a tiny one horse town like Kanab. Joining the modern world is something that would be a challenge for any place in this state, let alone a speck like Kanab. When my brother calls me from France its not just an 8 hour time difference, it's as if he is calling from the future from some advanced and far off wonderful civilization. I mean, this is the only state in the Union where you can actually be ticketed for driving too many times down a certain street during certain hours of the day. Not to mention the fact that if you get pulled over and you don't have a Whitesnake disc in your CD player the fine is doubled...
Join the modern world? I'd be happy if this place could advance past 1985.
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In college (in the '80s) I often wore a tee-shirt that said:
Welcome to Utah: Set your watch back 20 years
That was accurate enough in Ogden, let alone in Kanab! There it was more like 50 years, and they haven't exactly advanced much in the 20 years since then either. In fact, that town might be a an interesting case study in the concept of DE-evolution.
Long live dumb-ass hicks! WOOHOO!!!
oe Tucker, U.S. Congressional candidate for Utah’s 2nd District, supports the City of Kanab's endorsement of the Natural Family:
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“We have been preached separation of church and state by secularists for so long that we begin to believe that our moral beliefs have no place in government. To the contrary, many of our laws are based on moral belief. Clearly Utah has a religious majority. Religion influences our moral beliefs as it should. Standing up for our moral beliefs is not forcing our religion on anyone. I admire the courage of the Kanab city council in endorsing the Natural Family. I hope they don't give in to fear as a few loud voices express their anger. We need civic leaders with the courage to stand up for morality and the family. The Kanab city council has my support.”
The Natural Family resolution begins: “We envision a local culture that upholds the marriage of a woman to a man, and a man to a woman as ordained of God.” It ends with: “And we look to local government that holds the protection of the natural family to be their first responsibility.” The NF resolution brazenly states an elected official’s first responsibility is to people who believe in God, specifically a God who ordains heterosexual monogamy. Atheists, Buddhists, secular humanists and plain old Pagans are thus relegated to what? A government’s “second” responsibility? Third? Fourth?
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor created a simple criteria for situations like this: “A law is unconstitutional if it favors one religion over another in a way that makes some people feel like outsiders and others feel like insiders.”
Amen, Sister O’Connor.
Joe Tucker, however, supports the NF resolution because, “Standing up for our moral beliefs is not forcing our religion on anyone.” He further hopes Kanab’s city council won’t rescind the resolution and thereby give in to “fear.” Eh? The council members have passed a resolution which clearly makes God’s ordained spouses their first responsibility. With Heaven on their side what in Hell do they have to fear?
Joe Tucker also states on his website that separation of church and state is NOT in the U.S. Constitution. This refers to the semantic debate over the “establishment” clause of the First Amendment which has been raging for decades. Mr. Tucker states, “We have been preached separation of church and state by secularists for so long that we begin to believe that our moral beliefs have no place in government.” Briefly, then, Mr. Tucker feels secularists hinder morality in government. His feelings are validated by the fact that one-hundred percent of the major political scandals in U.S. history have centered around people who belonged to one organized religion or another.
Mr. Tucker also explains why a citizen’s right to brandish a lethal weapon IS embraced by the U.S. Constitution: “We have just seen in New Orleans how quickly civilization can deteriorate into lawlessness in a crisis. As a member of Congress I will fight to insure that the right of good citizens to bear arms is not infringed.”
Which is why I say, vote JOE TUCKER for Congress. We’ll never get a Democrat elected in THIS district so our next best strategy is obvious: Elect a Republican who openly supports both the Natural Family concept as well as city-wide gunplay following a natural disaster.
And that is why I avoid mentioning anything political on my blog...
Nicely put, Mr. Hadley. According to Google, this isn't the only place you've left a lengthy comment on this subject. Hoping for a political shift in Utah (towards sanity) is about as worthwhile as trying to understand the intentions of those already in power. We can only hope they will eventually eliminate themselves from not only the political arena, but from the gene pool as well.
I got pulled over while blasting a Rush album and was beaten unmercifully.
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