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vineyardmike t1_jcd5zne wrote

Reply to comment by bearsheperd in LDS Church donates water to Great Salt Lake by kreals

They did. The governor literally asked people to pray for rain last year.

https://governor.utah.gov/2021/06/02/gov-cox-invites-utahns-to-pray-for-rain-june-4-6/

Utah punches way above their weight on r/nottheonion

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bearsheperd t1_jcd71gv wrote

And it didn’t work?! Huh must be gods will then

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vineyardmike t1_jcd7nn7 wrote

Quote from a Utah state senator a couple of days ago. You can't make this stuff up.

“A couple of years ago, Governor Cox got soundly mocked by left-leaning liberal media for asking Utahns to come together in faith and prayer, no matter what their denomination or faith was, to pray for precipitation,” Henderson said.

“We’ve got a lot more to do, and there’s a lot more water that we need, but we are experiencing some potentially record-setting precipitation levels this winter. Thank you for your prayers, and I want to say thank you for sticking it to the liberal pundits,” Henderson told delegates.

In June of 2021, Cox called for a “weekend of prayer,” asking Utahns of all faiths to pray for rain to help rescue the state from the grip of a multi-year drought. Cox’s call for prayer as drought relief was ridiculed by several prominent media figures, including comedian John Oliver on his “Last Week Tonight” HBO program.

Henderson also reportedly delivered some version of her comments at Republican Party events in Weber and Cache Counties on Saturday.

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