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Seriously everyone who will read this comment, these wacky groups are extremists and not the norm for people who live down here.
I go to Gold's Gym (both the Provo and Orem gym's) and have never been offended. I dont go there to watch the TV's, I go there work out. YOU CANT EVEN HEAR THEY LYRICS THAT ARE SUPOSEDLY OFFENDING ALL OF THE MEMBERS, Its not turned up loud enough normally.
This guy is going overboard and needs to get out into the real world more often. Honestly, if he is getting offended, he best not leave the safety of his house each day.
First, they don't need to join the gym. Who the heck do they think they are by joining the gym and then demanding that the gym conform to their super silly standards.
You don't want to see people dancing, or working out in something other than full-length dresses or overalls? Then open your own gym, where you can make all the stupid rules you want. Better yet, just stay home with your fat husband or fat wife, because no one needs to have you around.
If I owned these gyms, I'd refund their membership payments (pro-rated, of course), and boot them out the door, never to return. Then I'd go into my office and dance provocatively in my shorts and T-shirt.
And get over the LDS/Non-LDS argument, this extends to all of society. Do not persecute or criticize any group that seeks to uphold moral values and decency.
If Gold's Gym wants to attract business by using these means then there should be a business classification of Adult Only Exercise, or something similar. That'll restrict minors from possibly entering the facility.
Get over it and uphold values!!!
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Perhaps Gold�s should only show Fox News on their TVs and require that their patrons work out in burkhas? Would that please Mr. Yaffe et al.? That way everyone could work out without being so . . . er, stimulated.
Reading this article, I can picture the ideal Utah Valley Gym: divider down the middle between boys and girls sections, everyone in pioneer clothes to their ankles and wrists, and Conference talks playing over the loudspeakers....
(oh and I am LDS, so don't get all huffy about outsider persecution...)
Tread carefully utah county officials . . .
In all seriousness (all the above is serious too) what I don't like about the Gold's in Provo/Orem is that they made a new policy that you couldn't change the channel on TVs to even watch a Jazz came or that the had two 24hr news channels going (three if you count Fox PropogandaNews).
The tide of shifting values especially in the wrong direction brings about instability within a community as well as a number of other more disturbing crimes and detriments. When standards, morals, and values are lowered to satisfy the lusts and appetites of the flesh, selfishness takes over with vengeance. A simple �norm� in society must not be allowed simply because �everybody is doing it� and especially when it defames the purpose of our entire existence and our own unique missions. What kind of society promotes lewdness, the satisfaction of selfish lusts, and breaking up family units, the most basic and precious unit in society? Where are the values that this country is founded upon? Why are we trying to stoop lower and lower into the same duress as other societies? Do we not understand the consequences of allowing sexual promiscuity or the forerunners of hard core pornography? Why are we promoting the very things we are fighting on a daily basis in court (i.e. domestic abuse, sexual predation, violence, etc.)? Surely we are better than this!