QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 10:21 AM)
I'm in Utah a lot. I like Utah a lot, I almost picked it over Oregon but things get in the way of other things.
Utah recently had a judge allow gay marriage. It pissed off damn near everyone in Utah. The LDS for obvious reasons but for many others it was clear it had little to do with gays getting married. Out West a funny thing has been happening, Californians are fleeing their mess and settling down in traditionally conservative states. A lot of the times they get politically involved and start changing things. They've already done this Colorado, and its fairly well publicized. Essentially what made the natives like where they lived is being attacked by people who are making the same mistakes they did before. Its an invasive culture that is not welcome to people.
A lot of people in Utah are worried that they're next. That this gay marriage thing will shoot up like a beacon for liberals and soon so much of what they love about Utah (like no gun laws, low taxes, pretty small and ineffective state government) will go away. That's why they don't want it.
That's a major peril of gays hopping on the Democrat bandwagon so monolithically, its not always about gay rights as much as it is about stopping the policies that follow. If you want acceptance everywhere from everyone you have to divorce yourself from the Democrats. Stop being so confrontational with places you have no understanding of. Because when the first anti-gay hate crime gains national news out of Utah, I don't think it'll be motivated as much by homophobia than a fear that what those people love is under threat.
Too bad. Let the will of the "invaders" prevail. You seemed to have that stance when Europeans invaded the land of Native Americans.