Comments about ‘Desire for Prop. 8 dialogue outweighing boycott’

Great to see that Sundance was such a huge flop this year! Utah, even Park City, are off my list of places to go. In a recent trip to NYC, it was quite annoying to see Park City ads every 15 minutes on local cable. Desperation shows.

Puhleeze: actors and the rest of the glitterati do not stay away from events because the economy has turned south. If you think the failure of this year's Sundance is unrelated to Proposition h8, that's wishful thinking. Just as local Mormon businesses go the bottom of my list, so too with travel to Utah: only if I have to.

I wish they would boycott Utah.

Nobody had their rights taken away. A straight man can't marry another man, either--it has nothing to do with being gay. So come off it.

Why doesn't SUNDANCE FILM Festies take their trashy films somewhere else. Utah doesn't need them here.

Thank You TJ Parker. Your absence is appreciated.

The red hot anger morphed into a bone chilling ICE COLD INDIFFERENCE, towards Utah, Sunsdance, Queer Lounge, and GLAAD.
This openly gay man is embarrassed by the sell out GLAAD showed going against the wishes of hundreds of thousands of LGBTs who demonstrated in 300 cities and all 50 States.
There are LGBT film festival NOT located in Utah = Hate state, that could use the recognition and sponsorship WASTED at Sundance. ABSOLUT, 360 vodka, Entertainment Weekly, Oil of Olay, Honda, Delta Airlines, Ray Ban, Sundance, HBO and Showtime...will you be their sponsors?
That will answer will WE (LGBTs) be your clients????....just saying.

sundance typo in previous comment

Those wishing for a boycott by LGBTs and our friends

GLAAD to oblige...so to speak

In a couple years when your tourism has seen that many years of 6 BILLION in tourism CRATER, recall what you wished for, oh and if you imagine the LDS elders have a CLUE what LGBT individuals and organizations would possibly be listened to by MY community, to end the BOYCOTT...you'd be M_I_S_T_A_K_E_N!

The time LGBTs would have held a prop 8 discussion with Utah is LONG OVER.
You have NOTHING to say we'd listen to.

So, Marky, you would hurt ALL Utahans in an effort to punish Mormons?

Your agenda is way screwed up.

The arrogance of you LGTB people is appalling.

You are going to wear out your welcome really fast - and put your movement years behind where it is now.

Just my opinion - which I know you will dispute because I am not allowed an opinion unless it agrees with yours.

I stopped traveling to Utah my native state over ten years ago. It was merely the realization I traveled to have adventure and fun not to be harassed.

It was a blessing. I live in Northern California. I drove to New Mexico. New Mexico is wonderful because of the tolerance it's citizens have. The food is great too. There's beautiful architecture. I loved those adobe churches.

I had a great trip to Southern Idaho. There was the smell of both sage and fresh cut alfalfa and it was fun.

Utah not only made me see the wonders outside of Utah. I earned a new respect for the professionalism of the CHP and Nevada Highway Patrol.

* "The time LGBTs would have held a prop 8 discussion with Utah is LONG OVER.
You have NOTHING to say we'd listen to." *

Much of this special interest group has so firmly convinced that everyone who disagrees with it is closed-minded, ignorant, and bigoted, any attempt at dialogue would become a one-sided diatribe.

Reasonable people might have been open to a dialogue, but that ended with the trashing of Mormon temples, racial slurs against people perceived as favoring traditional marriage, and outing and harassing of "Yes on 8" donors to the point where they quit their jobs, even ditched their longtime careers, to get some peace.

You're right, there's nothing to say. The haters already said what needs to be said.

@Anonymous

LDS elders didn't care which CA families they hurt did they? Did they make a provision that disabled gay couples could remain married?
Did the make a provision that a senior lesbian couple could remain married?
Did they make a provision that a lesbian couple with kids living below the poverty level can remain married?

So why would you imagine I care about a non Mormon Utah resident?
When gays and lesbians confront Mormons directly, we get cast as the VILLIANS attacking the "innocent sweet church folks." So we'll let Utah residents who's property taxes and sales taxes go OFF THE CHARTS teach the LDS elders a Civics Lesson.
"Mind Your OWN Bu$ine%% 1-001"

Oh, why don't you all just get over it? The election was months ago and the time for a sane conversation would have been before the vote. Utah can survive being boycotted by gays, and if Sundance can't, that'll be fine, too. Sundance used to start after MLK weekend and end on Superbowl Sunday. Maybe this year's weaker turnout will give PC the leverage to get it back on that schedule so we can serve skiers on the long weekend.

California

You conveniently didn't mention the FELONS in the Yes on prop 8 side who mailed out BLACKMAIL letters to No on Prop 8 donors,,,,which they have admitted sending.
EACH letter carries a 4 year prison sentence and thousands in fines, one is a high ranking LDS lawyer.
WHERE are they being prosecuted?...huh cupcake?

@Parker

It's good you don't mind if Sundance doesn't survive in your town. Cuz Redford is being wooed by Dubai to create for them a Sundance-style film festival. Wouldn't that be a kick in the face to Utah, if Modern Moderate Muslims are easier to deal with as hosts for an Indie Film festival, than Militant Mormons.

Memo to the Gay Community;

You just are not as important as you think you are. Nor do you carry the influence you think you do.

Go ahead and boycott Utah and all things Mormon.

Start with television, because that was invented by a Mormon as well.

More deep powder and serenity at our 5 National Parks
for the locals and good clean living people.

The world does no revolve around you and your agenda.
38 States have oulawed Gay marriage in their constitutions, and 48 have outlawed it all together.

To think that your only hurdle is the iddy bidy Mormon community, then you are nuts.

The 5,000 year old consensus of heterosexual marriage spanning all nations and civilizations, "is the status quo".

The Gay, party crashing, antagonistic, paradyme shift toward gay marriage, is your burden.

When you can't even see the silliness of your arguments and then target the Mormons as your scapegoat, you are laughable and quite frankly out of touch with reality.

Finding a common enemy to bash will only strengthen Utah the Mormons, Catholics, Black Americans and all those who are for normal traditional marriage.

Your strategy is just plain ignorant

ajarizona

Utah didn't vote on Prop 8. Why not boycott California that voted 52% for prop 8? Less than 3% of the vote was LDS or are you conveniently forgetful? And don't forget the Catholics, Evangelicals and Park City which is not predominantly LDS. Why not be pan-bigoted and just hate everyone who doesn't buy your line?