Statehouse, wardhouse ... what's the difference?
The Sandy Chamber of Commerce held a Meet the Candidates event Friday for those vying for legislative seats representing the area.
Apparently, Doyle Smith of Zions Bank and the Chamber's Board Director over Gov
ernment Affairs mistook Jordan Commons for his local wardhouse.He introduced Sen. Carlene Walker as "Sister Carlene Walker," and didn't realize his verbal misstep until laughter rippled through the audience.
"I am both Senator Walker and Sister Walker, so I'm not offended," Walker said. "I answer to about anything."
When wrapping up, Smith asked the audience to "recognize two of our High Council members" who were in attendance -- he apparently meant the two City Councilmen who came.
"I guess you know where I'm at," he told the audience with a nervous laugh.
In his defense, the movie poster behind him was for the flick "Gods and Generals."
-- Sheena McFarland
6:59 PM
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4 Comments:
My wife was in attendance at this meeting and was appalled at this joker Doyle Smith and his LDS-tinged comments. When are people going to learn SEPARATION of CHURCH and STATE?
Only in bassackwards Utah could your witness such a unethical exchange. Yes, I said unethical.
My wife intends to write a letter about the meeting, and Smith's idiot comments.
I agree. I frequently remind my fellow LDS people to be more sesitive to the terminology they use. We need to be more inclusive.
I also ask those in the minority to be a little less sensitive and understand that everyone experiences incorrect assumptions, like whenever I attend work conferences around the country and every entertainment activity is built around alcohol, which I don't drink. I have to accept that is their culture and I need to respect it.
Separation of Church and State is a theory and not a law. It isn't in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence or any other document. It comes from a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote in which the "wall of separation of Church and State" was to keep the state out of the Church and not the other way around. That said, you're terrily naive if you think that religion mixing with politics only occurs in Utah. In fact Skip, I'm certain you're naive about a lot of things. But, I still think this guy was an idiot for making those kinds of jokes.
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Call the "Waaaambulance"-
Get over yourselves and get a life.
I'm not a mormon and I wasn't offended or "appalled" by the comments listed here.
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