https://thinkprogress.org/utah-prop-2-medmar-mormon-church-b78b4fe6c81f/
Nearly 53 percent of voters in the state approved Proposition 2 on Election Day, bucking the states Republican leaders.
More strikingly, the vote was a repudiation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), which had lobbied heavily against the bill. (More than six in 10 Utah residents are Mormon, and church leaders are not shy about weighing in on political issues.)
Stenquist had hoped that passage of the bill would mean that she no longer would have to resort to vaping secretly in her bedroom, hiding in embarrassment from her children. I shouldnt have to live like a criminal because I choose a certain medication, she told ThinkProgress, choking up during a recent interview.
It turns out it didnt matter what Utahns had to say about Prop 2. Last week, the state legislature, in a special session called specifically to address the bill, threw out the measure. Prop 2 was already one of the most restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country, but still went too far in making pot available, according to some conservatives.