Utah as a Religious Police State

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Sun Sep 29 17:25:25 PDT 1996


Ryan Russell/SYBASE writes:
> I guess that depends on your definition of liberty.  The Mormons
> originally moved there to have a place to practice their religion,
> and have freedom from persecution.  I suppose one could extend that
> to wanting a place to have the freedom to have a set of rules consistant
> with their beliefs.  Should that include freedom from interferance from
> folks such as yourself who want to change their rules, even though
> you're not presently effected?

It's worth noting that one of Utah mormons favorite pastimes was to ambush
the settlers heading for California, kill them all, and take their property.
However the mormons were dealt with much less severely than the local Indians
who tried the same tricks. Pity.

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