In a lengthy article, QSaltLake profiles Andrew McCullough, the Libertarian candidate for Utah Attorney General. You can read the article here, and an excerpt is posted below:

“The assumption is that gay men are going to cause trouble, that if you don’t watch them they’ll fondle you or I don’t know what,” he said. “I’m damn tired of it.”

He said he’s also tired of two more ways in which he sees the state as acting as “an instrument of oppression:” Department of Child and Family Service workers removing children from their homes without solid proof of abuse or wrongdoing, and the war on drugs. He calls arresting people for marijuana use, for example, “absolute stupidity” and a big deterrent for addicts who won’t seek help out of fear of arrest.

“We do it because we say they use substances that are dangerous to themselves,” he said. “I don’t think people should use substances that are dangerous to themselves, but if they do it’s not my business. I would pretty much end the war on drugs and in doing so I would cut the prison population by 30-50 percent. I’d also cut your need to pay the taxes – it’s expensive to lock people up.”

Many Utahns seem to share McCullough’s disgust at the status quo. Indeed, several of them approached McCullough at the Libertarian Party’s booth during the 2006 Utah Pride Festival, asking him to run again and promising to donate to his campaign if he would. When they made good on their promises, McCullough also solicited donations. Although he said his campaign is by no means wealthy, he added that he has amassed enough money “so I could be credible.”