utah politics

http://fox13now.com/2017/04/20/rep-chaffetz-considers-leaving-congress-before-the-end-of-his-term/ SALT LAKE CITY —- The day after making a jaw-dropping announcement that he won’t seek re-election, Congressman Jason Chaffetz told FOX 13 he may not even finish his term in office. “When I...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/20/justice/utah-same-sex-marriage-ruling/ Utah? Of all places. Now gays can marry and adopt! :) ETA: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/utah-same-sex-marriage_n_4482703.html

Before I am accused of only focusing on the (many, many) dumb things Republicans say, here is a gem from a Democrat: While not especially untrue, I would say it's a dumb thing to say.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/23/utahs-love-looking-to-be-first-black-republican-wo/ "Mia Love won the GOP nomination for the 4th Congressional District race Saturday at the Utah Republican Convention, scoring a major upset after wowing the crowd with a roof-raising speech at...

Link So evidently Utah wants to take ignorance to a whole new level. Originally the bill required schools from "refraining from any discussion of contraception, homosexuality or sex outside marriage," but there was some concern about this affecting academic classes. So the brilliant...

Tea party wins victory in Utah as incumbent GOP senator loses bid for nomination According to this report, Bennett can't run as an independent, so it's either a write-in campaign or the end for him: Be careful, GOP, you may get what you wish for.

Slashdot reports this morning that the Utah state assembly has passed a resolution (with no legal power) decrying global warming and demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency cease it's efforts to regulate CO2 and such until such time as the phenomenon can be "proved"...

http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/41630/ "We've allowed the God haters and the value haters and the moral haters in this country to have center stage for so long that they've slipped the whole central moral platform of America off the stage," Buttars said. "We've gone too far. It's time to draw...