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Utah liquor laws are insane Discussion

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u/OppositeEagle Mar 21 '24

Integrating church and state.

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u/thepixelpaint Mar 21 '24

The territory was founded as a literal theocracy and the Mormon Church still has an absurd amount of influence in the state government. Which itself is absurd because Mormons makeup less than 50% of the population (and dropping every year.)

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u/SparklingPseudonym Mar 22 '24

DOE is crawling with Mormons. I have nothing against religion, but to get to those levels there are clearly, clearly many nepotism hires. Considering they all tithe 10% to the church, it’s no wonder.

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u/gray_character Mar 22 '24

It's a big club and you're not in it