Posted on 01/10/2012 7:21:34 PM PST by Colofornian
(MSNBC) Forget San Francisco (18th) or New York (not even on the list) — the gayest city in the U.S. is Salt Lake City, Utah, according to The Advocate, the gay and lesbian newsmagazine.
Rather than rely on the U.S. Census tabulation of gay and lesbian populations, which inevitably yield San Francisco as No. 1, The Advocate used different measures to establish “per capita queerness” — including a city’s number of teams entered in the Gay Softball World Series, gay bookstores, openly gay elected officials and semifinalists in the International Mr. Leather Contest...
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
As FR poster Scoutmaster mentioned last Sunday:
Utah leads the nation in # of porn subscriptions per capita, porn consumption among the general internet user population and dial-up users. Source 1, and Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?, Benjamin Edelman (Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 23, Number 1—Winter 2009—Pages 209–220). Utah also lead the nation in porn busts. FBI in Utah Lead Nation in Porn Busts.
Scoutmaster posted this: New Romney Ad Embraces Mormonism
Quote from this KSL article: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- State education officials say sexual misconduct by teachers is the No. 1 reason Utah educators are forced to surrender their licenses. Records shows Utah has nearly 20,000 licensed educators. Since 1992, the State Board of Education has suspended or revoked 313 teacher licenses -- 208 of them for sexual misconduct. That number excludes 10 cases still being investigated by the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission. The behaviors range from inappropriate touching and downloading pornography on a school computer to full-blown molestation...In 2005, a survey by The Associated Press ranked Utah 16th in the nation for teacher sex offenses based on disciplinary records from 2001 to 2005 in 50 states and the District of Columbia. At that time, 52.7 percent of Utah teachers who lost their licenses surrendered them for sexual misconduct -- twice the national rate, the AP found.
Sexual misconduct persistent in Utah schools (Oct. 25, 2009)
Utah's sexual assault rate outpaces U.S. average (April 6, 2010)
Utah Sexual assault realities:
* A few years ago, KSL reported that there's a reported rape in Utah less than 9.5 hours apart (see http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=14136899)-- that's up just from 2008 when it was just under a rape per 10 hours...http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/CIU%202008%20book%200810.pdf, p. 6
* Per the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification (see also Utah Department of Health), the 2008 Utah rape rate was 63.7 per 100,000 females vs. U.S. average of 57.4. For entire crime report, see: http://publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/CIU%202008%20book%200810.pdf
* BTW, 2008 wasn't some “new surge”: Since 1991, Utah’s rape rate has consistently inched higher than the national rate. By 2002, Utah ranked 14th in the nation for rapes. [Source url: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600125585,00.html] -- and inched to 13th by 2004...http://www.utahfoundation.org/reports/?page_id=290)
* Why has Utah as of the years since 2000, consistently has ranked between 13 & 18 re: rape rate?
* Why as of 5 years ago, was Utah #8 in the nation for its sex offender rate per Nation Master.com?
Utah "...officials are already struggling to house and treat the sex offenders who make up 30 percent of the state's prison population — well above the national average of 12 percent.
Source: Tougher laws keep sex offenders behind bars
Must be those Magic Mormon Underpants that drive them wild.
Ping to post #1 re: mention of you
I have been to San Francisco, I have been to Houston, I have been to Miami........I have been to SLC - yep SLC is the gayest.
Only because Tehran isn’t in this country.
Hmmm . . . I seem to recall similar statistics about porn on the international level applying to Muslim countries. Must be something about polygamist heresies started by self-proclaimed prophets who claim to have been given new scriptures by angels.
It could be that this is reflective of tougher inforcement as opposed to a higher overall rate of incidence.
As an example that is somewhat comparable, I know my home state is derided as some sort of hotbed of political corruption of late, because an unusual number of politicians, sheriffs, etcetera are under indictment or serving time. NC isn’t anywhere near Nevada, Illinois or Louisiana in this regard, though.
Or, it could be that there actually is a higher rate of incidence due to some unique aspect of the state of Utah. Just thought I’d point that out in the interest of fairness.
They do look pretty gay there.
Doesn’t GAY UTAH have the top two or three top divorce rate in the nation among all states?
I had an occasion to visit Minneapolis in the early 80’s for a company school. You couldn’t take your kids to a public park without seeing men swapping spit all over the place. This was back in the 80’s, what might it be like now? And SLC is worse!
Are those “gay rape” stats?
Gay softball? Gay bookstores?
A gay religious cult will cause that every time.
California liberals flood over the borders like a horde of locusts to make all western states into its own image. They decide an area doesn’t have enough crime, the citizens are happy, and is low on social and economic problems, and that must be stopped at all costs.
I think it's a combination of both. At least I know they tend to keep sex offenders longer in jail than most/many states.
Sex exploitation crimes like underage "brides" and bigamy have been in Utah a LONGGGGGG time!
(It didn't need "California liberals" on board to set a low standard there!)
(I'm not sure if any state would even have a breakdown on that)
For every 3 young women in the Utah Mormon churches, there's only 2 young men.
Source: New study confirms many LDS stereotypes [Lds church bloats stats; men defecting @ high rates]
The Mormon church is no longer an "adhesive" for young men, who are beginning to leave it in droves.
Several years ago, the Mormon church was up to 60,000 missionaries. For the last several years, it has hovered around 52,000.
More young men have access to the Internet -- for better (discover the truth about Mormonism) and for worse (porn, etc.)
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