In the days ahead, Republicans will be thundering their support for President Bush — citing the president's leadership in the war on terrorism, his tax cuts and the recovering economy.
But don't look for Utah's 69 delegates and alternates to next week's Republican National Convention to be singing a unanimous tune when it comes to the Bush agenda.
Sure, they support Bush, and they love his running mate Dick Cheney. It's a couple of Bush administration policies that Utah delegates are choking on.
According to an informal survey of Utah's delegates, there is overwhelming opposition to the president's No Child Left Behind education program. And there is mixed support, at best, for the Patriot Act, which gives government sweeping authority to combat terrorism, but which conservatives and civil libertarians believe erodes fundamental constitutional rights.
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On many issues, Utah Republicans are marching lock step with the GOP nationally. All but one of those responding said they support the party's platform on abortion as it is currently written (the one dissenter thought it was a bit too liberal), and all but one supported some sort of constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages (the lone dissenter opposes gay marriages but felt tinkering with the constitution was going too far).
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on gay marriage....
Utahns have strong feelings on the issue.
"If people want to be gay, do so privately," said Utah delegate Don Peay. "Don't expose my kids to it on the 6 o'clock news, and if they get AIDS, don't ask me as a taxpayer to pay for the results of their own decisions."
Added Dave Buhler, a Salt Lake City councilman and delegate, "I wish that it were not necessary, but given the Massachusetts Supreme Court, it appears that it is."
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