Utahns are now dhimmi. Google that word to see what I mean.
I used to be a Utahn, and still am at heart, so to read that
Utahn culture and politics are no longer defined by Utahns unsettled me. I’ll be honest: it frightens me and makes me
feel helpless.
If Utah, of all places, can have a single federal judge wipe
out the views of a supermajority of the state’s populace, and institute gay
marriage in Utah because he doesn’t see any “rational” reason against it, what
is to come?
We don’t have any states rights any more. Nowadays, the states are more like
super-sized counties.
No longer can we say that Texas and California are different
but equally valuable to the United States; no longer can we say that Utah and
Oregon have different cultures but similar principles of liberty guiding them.
Now, all the states have to be alike. Now every culture, every state, every person
has to pay homage to the LBGT political agenda.
To publically disagree with them will get you fired from your job at
A&E, and now will mean that you no longer have any say in your state’s
political and cultural institutions.
Now, activist judges are effectively forcing every state to reward
homosexual behavior.
That’s what the fight about the definition of marriage is
about: the LBGT political agenda wants to see everyone forced to not only
tolerate homosexual unions, but to accept them.
They not only want to have their gay pride parades, but want to force
everyone to walk in them.
I don’t believe this has to be. The nature of pluralistic society demands
that we tolerate homosexuality: if two consenting adults want to have a
perverted relationship, that’s up to them.
I DO NOT support or condone any form of persecution against anyone for
their lifestyle choices.
That being said, no one has the right to have their
lifestyle choices accepted by the government.
No one has the right to be rewarded for loving whichever way they want
to.
What does this mean to Utah?
It means that Utah’s politics and culture are forever in the hands of
the federal government. Now Utah has to
reward and incentivize behavior that Utahns feel is immoral. The changes in these social institutions will
in turn change Utahn culture, making Utah into something that Utah is not.
I’m fine with Utah changing, of course. Utah needs to change (especially Utahn
drivers) with the years. However, it
should be Utahns driving that change.
Eventually, if Utahns want to accept homosexuality, they should do it of
their own free will. A basic tenant of
our democratic system is that the majority rules. This, evidently, is no longer the case. Now, a supermajority of voters doesn’t
matter. Only one judge’s opinion of what
is “rational” is important. Add some
liberal lackeys willing to keep the courthouse open past normal hours and
WHAM!! You’ve got instant social change.
I said that I felt
helpless. This is because voting is
obviously no longer effective. Let me
say that again: IF YOU DEPEND ON THE
BALLOT BOX TO GET THIS CHANGED, YOU WILL FAIL.
There are things we can do, however. We can agitate. We can demonstrate. We can engage in civil disobedience.
Ghandi called it “satyagraha.” Martin Luther King was a fan, and now I’m
suggesting it to you. I call it NOVA:
No
Obedience
Violence or
Acceptance
No obedience to the rulings of an out-of-state judge: Because the Constitution does not
specifically say that we must accept homosexuality, the judge’s opinion is
worth the same as any voter’s.
No violence against anyone because of their political views
or lifestyle choices: We are engaging in true political discourse and defining
our own society’s social institutions.
Not only would violence be counterproductive, but more importantly, it
would be immoral.
No acceptance of homosexuality: We do not have to think like
perverts in order to be good Americans.
We do not have to agree with all other Americans in order to be good
Americans. We can respectfully agree to
disagree, let other states do their thing, and do our own thing.
Protest, engage in sit-ins, march, MAKE LOUD NOISES BECAUSE
OTHERWISE NO ONE IS GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU.
Unfortunately, I’m not in Utah anymore. I’m across the country and don’t have the
means to get back and agitate. If I were
in Happy Valley, I’d be going door to door by now trying to make it Disturbed
Valley. It would be a tremendous amount
of work: there are a couple of political nerds like me, but by and large Utahns
are pretty passive.
That won’t work anymore.
Utahns cannot sit on their laurels and depend on their natural
cheerfulness and pleasantness to get the job done. If Utah truly wants to preserve the traditional
definition of marriage, Utahns will have to upset some people. May I suggest that a sit-in in the Salt Lake
County Clerk’s office would be the proper first step.
This will go through the court system for some months. I hope the Supreme Court will do the right
thing and rule in favor of Utahns’ right to define Utahn social
institutions. But what if they don’t? What will Utah do if the Supreme Court
invents new rights that the Constitution doesn’t acknowledge?
I suggest that Utah simply ignores them, like they should
simply ignore this wacko judge. Let them
make whatever rulings they want, UNTIL THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY SAYS SO, WE DON’T HAVE TO ACCEPT GAY
MARRIAGE.
That’s my opinion, and my opinion isn’t important anymore,
since I moved away from Utah over a year ago.
Evidently, however, Utahns’ opinions don’t matter anymore, anyway.
Like I said: Utahns are now dhimmi.
