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petcat • today at 4:50 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Ehh I wouldn't try to appeal too much to what the LDS church thinks about this. They require members to give 10% of their annual income to the church, while already having close to $300 billion in the bank.

Everyone knows the state of Utah is largely run by the church.


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Shared404 • today at 6:13 PM

> Everyone knows the state of Utah is largely run by the church.

Surprisingly few people know this ime. It's worth pointing out as one of the few areas [0] where the church has as much pull as its members think it does.

While I wouldn't look to the church as a bastion of morality for So Many Reasons, it's worth looking at a hard example of how it is able to manipulate politics in Utah, and by extension nationwide.

[0] Other areas worth being aware of are Idaho and parts of Arizona of course.

wredcoll • today at 5:09 PM

If the state of utah is run by the church, then presumably if the church wants to ban kalshi, it's going to matter.

mahboi • today at 5:10 PM

The point isn't to appeal, right? Just speculate on whether the church is the reason for this.