'Natural Family' Resolution Divides Utah City

IsrAmeriPrius · Jun 25, 2006

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[M]embers of the Kanab City Council hardly thought they were courting controversy when they passed a resolution proclaiming that their top priority was to protect and nurture the "natural family."

The resolution described the natural family as man and woman, duly married "as ordained of God," with hearts "open to a full quiver of children." The council decreed that such households are to be treasured as "the locus of the true common good," a bulwark against crime, delinquency, drug abuse and worse.

With rousing (if not always grammatical) rhetoric, the council promised to do all it could to promote the natural family: "We envision young women growing into wives, homemakers, and mothers; and we see young men growing into husbands, home-builders, and fathersâ€¦. We look to a landscape of family homes, lawns, and gardens busy with useful tasks and ringing with the laughter of many children."

The resolution passed unanimously in January.

"My gut reaction was, maybe it's a little chauvinistic," said Councilwoman Carol Sullivan, a retired teacher. But her four male colleagues backed the resolution, and no one came to the council meeting to argue against it, so she ignored her reservations.

"I thought, maybe it's just me," Sullivan said.

It wasn't.

The fallout divides Kanab to this day.

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ghostofjk · Jun 25, 2006

I don't think even Rove (who's Mormon) would dare try to put that little screed in the national Republican Platform, though he probably agrees with it totally.

larkinmj · Jun 25, 2006

What the hell do they mean by a "full quiver of children?" I know they do some weird stuff in Utah, but I hope they aren't using children for archery practice!

burritos · Jun 25, 2006

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What the hell do they mean by a "full quiver of children?" I know they do some weird stuff in Utah, but I hope they aren't using children for archery practice!
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Onward christian soldier.

IsrAmeriPrius · Jun 25, 2006

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What the hell do they mean by a "full quiver of children?" I know they do some weird stuff in Utah, but I hope they aren't using children for archery practice!
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Did you read the complete article? These additional excerpts may give a clue:

Kort Stirland, a local pharmacist, is a father of five, a solid Republican and, like the mayor, a Mormon. His church considers the family eternal, the foundation of life in heaven as well as on Earth. Stirland is proud of that. He's also proud to honor his church's decree that fathers provide, mothers nurture and married couples have an obligation to "multiply and replenish the earth."

But when he hears that same language coming from City Hall, Stirland bristles: "I don't think politicians have the right to dictate to the community."

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"The Natural Family: A Vision For the City of Kanab" did not originate here. It was written in Salt Lake City by Paul Mero, president of a conservative think tank called the Sutherland Institute.

Mero sent copies of his vision to cities across Utah last fall, urging local officials to consider it as a basis for public policy. In Mero's view, that means zoning for big homes with space for plenty of children. It means subsidizing stay-at-home moms and encouraging home schooling.[/b]
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larkinmj · Jun 25, 2006

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I did read it- I just never heard of a "quiver of children" before, and I guess these people never heard of ZPG!

daronspicher · Jun 26, 2006

You wouldn't have to spend a whole week in Knabb to understand how this happened.

And, good for them... They live there... they believe in the traditional family, and basically that's all they've done... is to say that they believe in the traditional family (as it has been traditional in Knabb UT). It would be their pleasure to continue in that tradition.

But, that's all it is... a statement of intention. There's no teeth to it... If some guy grows up but never marries, there is no penalty. If a couple never has kids, no penalty....

If a bus load of weirdo's shows up trying to make something of it, we probably never hear of it... that place is the kind of area where weirdo's could easily disappear and no one ever know what happened to them.

I'm sure there are places in texas, wyoming, montana, etc.. where the 'good ol boys' can take care of things just the same as you'll find in knabb UT. If you think this place is just a smaller version of the place where you live.... Think again...

EricGo · Jul 26, 2006

I take it Knabb was just adding it's voice to the viewpoint that polygamists like Joey Smith are unatureal "pathologies" ?

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