Re: Utah as a Religious Police State [RANT]

[Moroni <moroni@scranton.com>]

   The database is just for genealogical stuff and church papers.


On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:

> On the below: Gentiles (and Jews) are *very* afraid of Mormons.  Maybe 
> it has something to do with the World's Largest Database (on non-Mormons 
> especially) they keep under that mountain near SLC Utah.
> 
> Moroni wrote:
> > I never cease to be surprised by the interest that gentiles show  in
> > working mormon communities while totally neglecting their own failing
> > areas.
> 
> > On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> > > (I received this message, with "cypherpunks@sybase.com" as well as
> > > "tcmay@sybase.com" (???) cc:ed, so I assume this message was intended for
> > > the Cypherpunks list, with some sybase domain name weirdness, or reflector,
> > > going on.)
> 
> > > At 12:30 PM -0400 9/29/96, Ryan Russell/SYBASE wrote:
> > > >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?
> > >
> > > Well, if Utah can rig a way to _secede_ from the Union, your arguments
> > > would make more sense. But so long as they are part of these United States,
> > > their religious beliefs about when children should be at home cannot
> > > supersede basic liberties.
> 
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