The “Governor’s Race 2020” page on The Salt Lake Tribune’s website is a very helpful resource to find out how the candidates compare on key issues. However, what is the reasoning behind asking each candidate their religious affiliation and including it as the fourth question in the list?
If you are including each candidate's religious affiliation, then you might as well include each candidate's race, sex, gender and sexual orientation, all of which have nothing to do with a candidate's ability to lead our state.
If we want our state and country to stop making decisions according to our prejudices, the least our news sources can do is stop providing the data for which we discriminate.
I agree with the candidate Zachary Moss: "I also would like it noted that The Tribune should rise to a higher standard than asking this question, which is irrelevant to the job of the governor."
Fritz Van de Kamp, Salt Lake City