Judicial Tyranny and the Slow Cultural Murder of Utah

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.