"No" to Gay Marriage, Polgamy... Maybe

Just astonishing. Sometimes you read a story and have to just sit back and wonder, “What is happening to the world?”

(Salt Lake City, Utah) A debate between two Salt Lake City area candidates for the US House of Representatives shows divisions on whether to an amendment to the Utah constitution to ban gay marriage, and uncertainty about whether the Constitution should be used to stop polygamy.

The issue arose during the taping of a debate between Republican Representative Chris Cannon and his Democratic challenger Beau Babka for airing tonight on TV station KUED.

The question was posed by two female polygamists in the audience, and relayed by moderator Ken Verdoia.

Cannon, who supports the proposed ban on gay marriage, said he doesn't know about polygamy.

“I don’t know where we should go. I don’t have an answer,” he said.

Babka said he will vote against the amendment on Nov. 2 because he doesn’t believe the constitution should be used to disenfranchise any group of people.

But he also said he wasn't sure how to answer the polygamy question.

He said religious freedom is important, but he is concerned about the exploitation of women and children in polygamist families. (source)