The outrage over Prop 8 has led to calls for LGBT folks and their allies to boycott the state of Utah in the wake of the Mormon Church pumping 70% of Prop 8 funding into California. There are also calls to strip the Church of their standing as a Religious Organization for tax purposes, because of their financing of a political campaing (which is strictly forbidden by IRS regulations). Here's the AP on the boycott:

Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California's ban on gay marriage.

It could be a heavy price to pay. Tourism brings in $6 billion a year to Utah, with world-class skiing, a spectacular red rock country and the film festival founded by Robert Redford, among other popular tourist draws. "At a fundamental level, the Utah Mormons crossed the line on this one," said gay rights activist John Aravosis, an influential blogger in Washington, D.C. "They just took marriage away from 20,000 couples and made their children bastards," he said. "You don't do that and get away with it." Salt Lake City is the world headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which counts about 62 percent of Utah residents as members.

I mean, for me, this wouldn't be a hard decision. It's not like I had any trips planned to Utah in the near future. But I'm happy to sign on to the cause. Because their funneling of money into California for the campaign *is* fucked up. And because -- let's be real -- these from the guys who promoted polygamous marriage until the United States government took over the church in 1890 to stop the practice. Who knows -- maybe the Mormons are just jealous that we've been making more headway into changing the law around marriage than they were ever able to do.