The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday,February 18, 2001 Polygamist Utah Legislature Beyond Compare? It Is the XFL ofLawmaking Sect Shuns Bill Debate proved a bill creating a process by whichcertifiable lunatics could be reclassified as formercertifiable lunatics and buy a gun. Rep. Matt Throckmorton, R(etarded)Springville, came up with this gem. Whenasked bya colleagueif this meantthat a person found mentallyill and incompetent to standtrial for multiple murder TOM BARBERI ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLORADO CITY, Ariz. — Leaders of Utah’s largest polyga- mistsect are staying on the side- . lines as Utah moves to criminalize their marriage ceremonies. The apparent unconcern of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints is in sharp contrastto the show of force made by Salt Lake County followers of Owen Allred’s Apostolic United Brethen at legislative meeting halls last week. Allred’s followers on Friday persuaded legislator to soften the penalties for arranging polygamous marriages. Sen. Ron Allen, D-Stansbury Park, agreed to make it a misdemeanorinstead of a felony to officiate over an adult polygamous marriage. It still would be a felonyees Allen’sbill to arrange a marriage ofa child younger than 16. Allen came under pressure as 100 supporters of plural marriage descended on the Utah Capitol Wednesdayand Friday. But Dan Barlow, mayor of Colorado City and a_highranking official ofhis polygamist church, says the Allen bill will notaffect his community. Barlowinsisted his church allows no underage marriages and that brides always get their parents’ consent. Still, Barlow complained Allen’s bill could be “the beginning of religious persecution. Since when did we start persecuting religious leaders?” Laurie, we finally have some- thing with which to compare our state Legislature. Let metry this out on you. The Utah Legislature is to lawmaking whatthe XFL is to pro football, only withoutthe sideline could get his or her gunsback, Throckmorton said yes, but only on theorderofa judge.“I trust our judicial system.” Is there any hope? Well, not really, but a tiny glimmerof sanity did surface momentarily about a different issue. Rep. Kory Holdaway, R(easonable)-Taylorsville, Toillustratethis,let’s go to the videotape. Last time around, the selling cars on Sunday.Actually, they didn’t exactly say that butit meantthe samething. Then they passed a law,written by the gas company,to allow the gas companyto decideif it was entitled to arate hike.(It was repealed this If this idea actually passed,it year just before the citizens could finish erecting a gallows in the Capitol Rotunda.) 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