It is a private school. They can make they're own rules as they see fit. And there is nothing wrong with that, in my opinion. I live in Utah, have done for 38 of my 50 years. I am proud to live in one of the 3 (of 29) counties that went blue this last election. The Church don't speak for all Utahns, certainly not for me. I'm not a member, but I will not disrespect them for believing what they believe in. Well, maybe Chris Buttars. But he would be a dick even if he had never heard of the LDS Church. All the talk of boycotts of Utah is misguided. The gap between left and right is getting fairly narrow these days. I think it went 62% to 38% State-wide in the last election. That's a hell of a lot closer than it used to be. 13% will disappear soon enough. Salt Lake is a very progressive town. It would probably surprise most that SL has the oldest gay bar west of the Mississippi. The Church's official stance on gays is you can be queer as a 3 dollar bill and still be mo, long as you are celebate. I guess what I'm saying is there is a lot more to Utah than what the National press reports. Yeah, there are lots more poligs that you can imagine, but on the other hand, I've never been a member of a private club and I've never had any problem drinking in any one of them. Yeah, the seperation of Church and State is only the 3 blocks between Temple Square and the State Capital, but 10 minutes from my house and I am seperated from civilization completely. After reading Katz and many others with similar views, I do believe that there are many members that are disgusted with church policy. Don't give up on Utah. Remember, we were the deciding vote that repealed prohibition! (and forget that we were the deciding vote that killed the ERA)  

by Pritch on 12/28/2008 12:19:08 AM EST