Wow, first the miscarriage=abortion bill, and now this:
A local group called Patriots for a Moral Utah has petitioned Lt. Gov. Greg Bell to submit what it calls the "Fair Solution Initiative" to referendum vote this November.
According to the bill’s text, published this morning on the group’s Facebook page, the initiative seeks to change state law to provide for "the involuntary redistribution and relocation of homosexuals to municipalities outside state boundaries or, to their rehabilitation in state sanctioned facilities."
To do this, the bill would create an office of relocation and rehabilitation, a volunteer board of Utah residents to assist with the process, and public transportation options for homosexuals who will willingly leave the state. It also outlines guidelines to prosecute "delinquent homosexuals" or those who harbor them.
From http://qsaltlake.com/...
If you didn't realize it before, it should be crystal clear that the Tea Party groups aren't just nutty, possibly racist fiscal conservatives. There is also a significant portion that make up the worst of the religious bigots. They scream about fascism and ironically embrace the ideals of Hitler. Yes, I went there.
Read it again:
the involuntary redistribution and relocation of homosexuals
Truly chilling.
UPDATE 12pm Pacific:
Many have questioned whether this is a spoof. At this point I do not believe it to be so. But if it is a spoof, it was done in extremely poor taste. And I think it speaks to the extreme nature of the Tea Party that this would be in any way believable.
UPDATE 12:30pm Pacific
Ok folks. I'm still not sure this is a hoax, but it does appear that this is probably the work of either a lone nut job or a very small group of people. A couple of people have pointed out a link to the spoof Landover Baptist Church website on the Facebook page for this group. I just want to make it clear that anyone can post a link when you fan a page. That link was not posted by the owner of the page. Furthermore, I want to clarify that when I posted this diary, there was no question in the article linked above about whether this was a hoax. If it truly is, I sincerely apologize for getting people worked up.
UPDATE 1:05pm Pacific
Jbearlaw points out below that there is in fact NO press conference scheduled. I've been considering deleting the diary but I think it's better to leave it up so that people are clear that this does in fact appear to be a hoax. I ask that you PLEASE UNREC THIS DIARY. This should not be on the rec list.
I guess that teaches me to look for more than one source when posting about a news item. Again, sorry everyone.