Letter: Another unalienable right
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) About 1,000 people protested the government mandated shutdown of businesses on the grounds of Salt Lake City Hall and then the group marched up to the Capitol, Saturday. The protest was organized by Utah Business Revival aimed at Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilsonand Governor Gary Herbert policies on COVID-19 and social distancing, April 18, 2020.
In light of the protests and mass gatherings (and tweets from the president) demanding the instant reopening of the economy, I guess we will have to rewrite the Declaration of Independence to include:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. And the exercise of stupidity.”
Bruce Caldwell, Millcreek
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