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Kanab boy criticizes “family resolution,” gets bullied by mayor by Seba Martínez March 2006
"Mayor, I'm callin' you out, along with your 'Family Vision for the City of Kanab.'" Livingston wrote on Feb. 1 in the Southern Utah News. "As a fellow LDS member, I would expect a more Christ-like countenance on your part; your actions are in the spotlight, and you have let down your religion, community and nation." Unhappy with Livingston's criticism, Lawson sent letters to both Livingston's stake president and school superintendent expressing "concern" for the teen and claiming that Livingston "has been influenced by his family as well as the Southern Utah News editor." "Is his tone and verbiage consistent and in concert with the principles embodied within his church?" Lawson asked Livingston's LDS stake president Matt Brown. "'I view Matt as [a] representative of the future for his church and nation. We need intelligent, principled men and women to lead and guide us. Oft-times 'mid-course' guidance is needed to ensure the target is reached." "'The mayor's a coward,"' Livingston told a Salt Lake Tribune reporter. "He's a grown man and mayor of a city doing this behind the back of someone who is not even 18." Joel Campbell, a Brigham Young University journalism instructor, deems Lawson's acts of intimidation inappropriate. "We value a difference of opinion in our society," Campbell said, "and young writers shouldn't be bullied by letters to church leaders and the school." Campbell believes Livingston should be praised for exercising his First Amendment rights. "Maybe he should get an award." |
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