Not all Utah governors can be smooth corporate conservative diplomats who speak Mandarin like Jon Huntsman Jr.
His replacement Gary Herbert was just another Republican moron.
Until he vetoed a bill that would have banned sex education in school.
More after the Halfpipe.
Utah is known for snorkel-deep powder. Or at least it was until global climate change sent most of our snow to Canada.
We weren't known for education. In fact, we're last in per-pupil spending.
When rural conservative legislators approved a bill allowing districts to not teach the facts about reproduction, I didn't hold out a lot of hope that the governor wouldn't sign it.
Here in Utah, a conservative pressure group called the Eagle Forum sends its members to caucuses to pick the most ignorant state legislators possible. The leader of the Eagle Forum spent so much time trying to pass bad laws, she didn't notice that her son was shooting heroin.
But, against all predictions, our nitwit governor vetoed the bill.
From the link up at the top:
It was a decision that followed pressure by thousands of Utahns on both sides of the issue since lawmakers passed HB363 last week. Utahns flooded the governorâÃÂÃÂs office with thousands of letters; more than 40,000 people signed an online petition against it; hundreds rallied against it at the Capitol this week; and a variety of groups took public stands.
I think that some of the diaries like Glendenb's helped out with this.
So thanks, Kossacks, for making my state a little less of a laughingstock!
This is a bigger upset than the 2009 MLS Cup final!