Rocky's freedoms
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* Freedom to dance. A city rule ends dancing, singing or playing of music at restaurants or dining rooms at 2 a.m. Anderson says it should be allowed to continue if the entertainment doesn't bother others.

* Freedom to "be safe from gun violence." He says ban guns from schools and churches, allow cities to enact their own gun-control measures and stiffen the penalty for minors who illegally possess firearms.

* Freedom for gays and unmarried heterosexual couples to adopt children in state foster care or their partner's children. That's now forbidden by state law.

* Freedom "for working people to make a decent living." He says give cities the ability to require contractors to provide "living wages" - almost double the federal $5.15 an hour minimum wage - to their employees.

* Freedom for adults to get an alcoholic drink without "unfriendly obstacles." Among other changes, he would get rid of private-club memberships, the rule stopping hard-alcohol pours at midnight on Saturdays, the 1-ounce pour limits and the prohibition against happy hours. He stressed he is about being hospitable to visitors and not about advocating more alcohol consumption.

* Freedom to teach more than abstinence in public schools. He wants teachers to be able to discuss "family planning" and ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

* Freedom to breathe clean air and live healthy lives. He wants to ban smoking in bars, clubs and public festivals. This goal is also aimed at state transportation policies that he says worsen the air by promoting new highways, like the proposed Legacy Highway through south Davis County.

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