We went up to Park City last night to see Tim do his bobsled run down the Olympic track. He was in the 3rd sled to go down, and touched 80mph. I was part of his observer team with cameras to document the event. I got myself to the inside of turn 12 to try to grab a picture on the way past. At 80+mph, it was bloody difficult (not to mention bloody cold), but I got some good shots. The driver told Tim to count the corners, but he lost it after the fourth corner. He didn't know whether he was coming or going when he finally got out at the finish line, but he really enjoyed it.
The non-separation of the LDS church and Utah state.
Look - I understand that mormons think gays are somehow evil, subhumans. I understand that the LDS won't tolerate gays, doesn't like them and thus won't marry them. But for local government to overturn a supreme court ruling about gay marriage is taking it too far. This is religious persecution on a par with the dark ages. The church doesn't like gays, so it leans on its members in government to do everything possible to prevent them from having the basic rights afforded other couples who want to marry. In other words, the LDS church is forcing it's (wrong) opinion about the LGBT community on everyone, via state and local laws that it has had passed and enforced on its behalf. Why should non-religious people be forced to abide by the opinion of a religious cult that they have no affiliation with? Apart from anything else, the uber-conservatives in this state are always the first ones to bitch when something even slightly unconstitutional happens, yet here they are r...
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