Scott D. Pierce: If this 50-minute program was your only source of information about Utah, you’d think this is a state where Republicans and Democrats harmoniously govern and the state’s predominant religion “condones” gay marriage.
“Breaking Bread with Alexander” host Alexander Heffner is nothing if not well-intentioned. Each episode of the Bloomberg Originals program features Heffner, perhaps best known as the host of “The Open Mind” on PBS, chatting with a politician about how America and Americans can aspire to be better.
Heffner praises Cox for his “different tone” on transgender issues, correctly pointing out that the governor hasn’t leaned into it as a wedge issue in the way many other Republicans have. • Heffner is under the impression that Republicans and Democrats work together harmoniously in the state legislature, quoting a figure Cox provided that “80% of the laws” the governor signs “are bipartisan.” That, apparently, means that at least one Democrat voted for 80% of the bills that pass. He does not mention that the GOP has massive majorities in both houses — to his credit, Cox does — and that Democrats have relatively little influence.
• And Heffner clearly does not understand the ongoing tension between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the LGBTQ+ community. He makes this startling statement: “Last year, the Mormon Church was the first institution in the religious hierarchy to condone marriage equality.”— federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages — to say the LDS Church “condones marriage equality” doesn’t exactly ring true.
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