Sounds to me like a large majority of you have no clue what you are talking about. I have lived in Utah for the past 15 years and have absolutly no problem with any of this. First off, Poligamy is not condoned by the LDS church or the state of Utah.
The state of Utah was founded on the principles of the LDS religion, and it remains largely driven by these principles today. 75% (or thereabouts) of the population is LDS (including the Gov., who I hope signs this thing) and things like this are put into place because the residents want it that way!!
Nobody lives in Utah because they have to, and if they don't like our laws, they can move to Nevada where nobody really cares what you do (as many states). It would seem to me that many of you have no room to talk on this subject because:
you don't live in Utah
you are not LDS
I have worked for the Utah public schools for the past 5 years and, granted the Smartfilter sucks. However, I would rather have that than nothing. IMHO, any/all state run/funded institutions (or anyplace that is a family environment) SHOULD have filtered 'net access. Besides, we all know that filters don't work a _vast_ majority of the time:)
I guess the bottom line is, I live in Utah because I want laws like this and because I am LDS and want the state run this way. Worry about the laws in your own state, and get on with life!
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Sounds to me like a large majority of you have no clue what you are talking about. I have lived in Utah for the past 15 years and have absolutly no problem with any of this. First off, Poligamy is not condoned by the LDS church or the state of Utah.
The state of Utah was founded on the principles of the LDS religion, and it remains largely driven by these principles today. 75% (or thereabouts) of the population is LDS (including the Gov., who I hope signs this thing) and things like this are put into place because the residents want it that way!!
Nobody lives in Utah because they have to, and if they don't like our laws, they can move to Nevada where nobody really cares what you do (as many states). It would seem to me that many of you have no room to talk on this subject because:
I have worked for the Utah public schools for the past 5 years and, granted the Smartfilter sucks. However, I would rather have that than nothing. IMHO, any/all state run/funded institutions (or anyplace that is a family environment) SHOULD have filtered 'net access. Besides, we all know that filters don't work a _vast_ majority of the time :)
I guess the bottom line is, I live in Utah because I want laws like this and because I am LDS and want the state run this way. Worry about the laws in your own state, and get on with life!