\u2026that would reiterate the state\u2019s policy that marriage is between a man and a woman and require that publicly funded programs, laws and regulations that are designed to support families be \u201ccarefully scrutinized to ensure that they promote the family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bill states that a married father and mother and their children are the \u201cfundamental unit of society,\u201d echoing language found in the LDS Church\u2019s \u201cThe Family: A Proclamation to the World.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bill adds, \u201cMarriage and family predate all governments and are supported by and consistent with the Laws of Nature and Nature\u2019s God, the Creator and Supreme Judge of the World, affirmed in the nation\u2019s founding Declaration of Independence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It\u2019s always fascinating to me how these religious fanatics love to rummage around our founding documents to find the rare mentions of God.\u00a0 Inevitably they end up with the Declaration, never mind that it was written by a deist who denied the divinity of Jesus and held religion in general in the lowest regard.<\/p>\n
Once again we see that the ONLY opposition to equality for LGBQT Americans comes from the American Taliban.\u00a0 In this case, it\u2019s the Mormon wing (which is only one \u201cm\u201d away from having the perfect name).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Utah has just been too darn liberal in its marriage policies.\u00a0 At least that\u2019s the theory of Rep. LaVar Christensen (R\u2026of course) who introduced this extremely urgent legislation: \u2026that would reiterate the state\u2019s policy that marriage is between a man and a woman and require that publicly funded programs, laws and regulations that are designed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,28],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogentries","tag-homophobia","tag-mormons"],"yoast_head":"\n
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