It is always an experience of imagination to live in Utah! My wife was born on the 4th of July and she tells the story of being a child and thinking it was great that everybody would celebrate her birthday in such a way. The residents of the Great State of Utah are also a bit childish in the same way. This year (as usual) we celebrated on Friday the 2nd of July. The claim is that it would interfere with church if we celebrated on the 4th (which was a Sunday). Actually if a person were to take a look at Utah history, one would see numerous attempts to change civilization and history to agree with Mormon Church doctrine. This is a similarly veild attempt. The CHURCH would have us all believe (LDS and heathen alike) that the 4th is of minor importance and is really just a prelude to the Giant Celebration of the Days of 47 on July 24th!(the anniversary of Brigham Young's entrance into the promised valley!).
This really pisses me off! If it weren't for the founding of this country under expressed freedom of religion, then there probably would not be a Mormon church!
As a child in school we were taught of the significance of the Declaration of Independence, yet it always took second place to preparations for the 24th (unless we were going to Wyoming for firecrackers and Beer, after we were 16 and could make phony I.D.!).
As I have and will say again I believe in my country and this seems to me to be disrespectful!
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