Down with Utah!

Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8

Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8

By BROCK VERGAKIS, Associated Press Writer

Friday, November 7, 2008

(11-07) 16:32 PST Salt Lake City (AP) --

Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California's ban on gay marriage.

It could be a heavy price to pay. Tourism brings in $6 billion a year to Utah, with world-class skiing, a spectacular red rock country and the film festival founded by Robert Redford, among other popular tourist draws.

  I think this is a great idea, and should be generalised to include Alaska and all the deep-red states, which tend to be backwards economically as well as in other respects. Let's drive the Bible-thumping bastards into bankruptcy! Send the Bible-beaters back to their bunkers and put The Fear into them so they never emerge to plague the rest of us again!