Rocky (Salt Lake City mayor) to boycott Marriage Week USA

[Sean Reynolds]

Ran across this in today's Salt Lake Tribune.

SNIP:

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson -- a two-time divorcé, single father and member of a national group that promotes gay marriage -- is boycotting a state-supported declaration to advocate and celebrate traditional marriage.
He says it is "insensitive" because it excludes single parents, divorced parents and gay families.
Anderson was invited, along with his nonexistent spouse, to attend today's kickoff to Marriage Week USA, which starts Saturday. Gov. Olene Walker and other mayors will sign a declaration promoting marriage. Walker's spokeswoman Amanda Covington said there will be 60 signatures.

SNIP:

"I, like most other people, have always wanted to have a partner to share life with, to build a history with. To assume that only those who are presently in a married relationship value families is a hugely mistaken notion."
Anderson recently accepted a post as a "key spokesman" for a new national pro-gay-marriage group called Freedom to Marry.

http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Feb/02062004/utah/136248.asp

[catzies]

1. Go Rocky!

Another courageous stand by a great guy!

Mayor Rocky, :yourock:

[Bunny]

2. A guy like this got elected in Salt Lake City?????

That's amazing. Truly.

[Sean Reynolds]

3. Got RE-elected.

Was re-elected to his second term in November of 2003! ;-)

[CreekDog]

4. Salt Lake is practically not Utah

They elected Wayne Owens to Congress back in the 80's and have elected a Democrat to Congress Jim Matheson the last two terms.

Funny thing about Utah (having lived there) is that it is so conservative, that if you're liberal, I think you become that much more liberal since conservatism is in your face so much. And...you move to Salt Lake if you can swing it.

I think there are more non-Mormons in Utah than there are Democrats.

Oh, and another thing --they have a woman governor now.
Olene Walker who replaced Mike Leavitt, when he became head of EPA and "Mike" to me.

[Bunny]

5. Well, I'll be darned!

That cleared up a big misconception that I had about SLC.