Contemplative Dexterity

The state of Utah is known for having strange liquor laws, and with that come a lot of questions from those outside and inside the state that revolve around how, when, and what they can drink. Many within the state aren't even aware of some of the laws, or perhaps, the extent of the laws and how they actually affect real people. The majority of the state are members of the same religion, and they are not allowed to consume alcohol in any form. Most of them appreciate the state's control over liquor because by default, it means that their church controls the liquor laws.  The topic itself was fairly broad, so I focused the website on a few of the more outrageous laws like Zion's Curtains and the 'Intent to Dine' law. Every year it seems, the Utah legislature amends current liquor laws, usually with the intent to increase regulations. For this reason, a number of my sources include Bills that have been passed, one of which passed just last month.  While I think

The state of Utah, in which I reside, staunchly promotes abstinence only education. Recently, a Bill was introduced, H.B 215, that would enact provisions related to reproductive health education. The Bill emphasized providing evidence based, age appropriate, information that have been shown to be effective in changing negative behaviors that contribute to teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Last year, a similar Bill was introduced but was not passed, which seems to be the fate of H.B 215, as the last action taken on March 9, 2017 was to file it in ‘bills not passed.’ I thought of Abstinence only Education within the context of types of inaccurate information (i.e.  Honest Mistakes, Out-of-Date Information, Disinformation, biased information, misleading information, bullshit and withholding or removing information) and considered how this type of curricula falls into many of the previously listed categories of inaccurate information.  First, le