It's interesting how Peterson chooses to portray residential opponents of the plan to build a Mormon temple in Cody.
I haven’t been to Cody for a number of years now and, when I’ve been there in the past, I certainly haven’t been examining the as-yet unannounced site for the as-yet unannounced temple. However, based on this extremely important video and, now, on looking at these photographs of the proposed construction site, I have a really, really difficult time imagining how the 9500-square-foot temple (situated on its own nearly-five-acre grounds) will ruin the neighborhood, or dominate the city, or block views of the sky, or obliterate the surrounding hills, or replace them as Cody’s most obvious feature. Which, in turn, tempts me to suspect disingenuousness on the part of at least some of those who have raised those particular objections. (Of course, the folks who oppose the construction of the temple on openly theological or religious grounds — and flatly object to allowing the building of any temple anywhere, as some have expressly done — are free of any taint of disingenuousness; they are unashamed bigots who don’t believe in religious freedom.)
To expand on the important side track of the song Buffalo Gals, Wikipedia has the fallowing clarification
"Buffalo Gals" is a traditional American song, written and published as "Lubly Fan" in 1844 by the blackface minstrel John Hodges, who performed as "Cool White". The song was widely popular throughout the United States, where minstrels often altered the lyrics to suit local audiences, performing it as "New York Gals" in New York City, "Boston Gals" in Boston, or "Alabama Girls" in Alabama, as in the version recorded by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins on a 1959 field recording trip. The best-known version is named after Buffalo, New York.[1][2]
