The Friends Of The Earth lunatics are at it again. They've approached the EU Courts because they say that carving pictures of horses into hillsides is illegal and damages the land and natural habitat of wildlife. Do these people have nothing better to do? We've had white, chalk horses in hillsides for millenia in the UK, and no tree-hugging lunatic is going to say otherwise. Bloody idiots. All it is is a long path - are they saying that paths shouldn't be allowed now? Sheesh. The story is here.
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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