The ostensible "Republicans" in Utah are pushing forward with two grand schemes: the anti-carbon bandwagon, and legal polygamy. H/t Drudge and Instapundit respectively.
I'll leave aside the problems of either. I'm interested in cui-bono.
A lot of money has swarmed into the Mountain States these last couple decades. Historically there hasn't been much here, except mining and tourism; farming is hard due to climate and water, and the valleys're not as accessible as the ocean coasts and the big eastern and northwestern rivers. Big Tech has made the place desirable. But also tech is insulated from other work, excepting energy.
As tech grows in profile, the place gets crowded, and water drops off. So the desire of those now up here, is to pull up the ladder behind them. That is done by Environmentalism - little new gets built, or maintained. Also, given that many newly here are rich, they do what rich men have always done which is to get greedy with the women.
Utah has the history that it was conquered from native Ute tribes by a religious sect, which practiced - demanded in fact - polygamy. There was a "revelation" to ban the practice but that was only to ease Utah's politicians into our Senate. Now that marriage has been un-defined at the Court level, the representatives are feeling their oats. (As it were.)
Utah will become a paradise, for those men who can afford it, and for those willing to suck up to those men. (As it were.)
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