AntiGayBigots

From Salt Lake City, Utah, the land of the LDS cult, comes the continuing saga of Utah State Senator Chris Buttars [yes, "Buttars" just like the South Park character that everyone thinks is gay] who cannot keep his stupid mouth shut.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports:

Buttars broke his deal, says senator

He wasn’t punished for remarks; penalty was for talking about gay issues after agreeing not to.

By Robert Gehrke; The Salt Lake Tribune; Posted: 02/21/2009 08:57:01 PM MST

Utah Sen. Chris Buttars «12»Utah Sen. Chris Buttars Senate leaders disciplined Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, not for anti-gay comments he made in a recent interview, but because he violated a deal with leadership that he not talk about gay issues, a senator said Saturday.

“Most of what Senator Buttars said, I agree with [because I too am an ignorant member of the Moronic cult," Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, "We as a Senate caucus had an agreement that because Sen. Buttars had become such a lightning rod on this issue, he would not be the spokesman on this issue, and basically he violated that agreement."

Buttars was under fire for statements he made to a documentary filmmaker in which he compared homosexuals to radical Muslims, called them the greatest internal threat to America and said they had no morals.

Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, announced Friday that he was removing Buttars from two committees: the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee and the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee, both of which Buttars had chaired.

In making the announcement, Waddoups said he was trying to ensure the Senate runs smoothly, but also noted that "we agree with many of the things he said [because all of us have been brainwashed to believe in the fictitious story known as the Book of Moron]“

“It happened, not because he said a lot of things wrong, but because he decided to be the spokesman again,” Stephenson said.

Mike Thompson, director of Equality Utah, was dissatisfied with Waddoups’ action in the first place. He said the Senate president hadn’t acknowledged that Buttars had failed to give the Common Ground Initiative bills, which sought protections for gay and lesbian rights, fair consideration, even though polls show they were supported by a majority of Utahns.

“It’s disappointing that there basically is no action or punishment for Buttars compromising the legislative process. His punishment is for not living up to his commitment to the caucus,” Thompson said. “His commitment should be to the people in his district, including his gay and transgender constituents, that he is going to participate fairly in the legislative process.”

Senate Republicans, including Buttars, reached an agreement at a day-long caucus Dec. 13 that Buttars should not comment on gay issues because he was such a polarizing figure. The agreement included a prohibition on speaking to the Common Ground bills.

But Buttars didn’t stay on the sidelines for long. Just a month later, he sat down with documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan for the hour-long interview for a project on California’s Proposition 8 against gay marriage, in which Buttars made the inflammatory statements.

A defiant Buttars objected to Waddoups’ decision, but said he would not be deterred from opposing rights for gays and said he would not apologize for any of his comments [because he continues to be a stupid ass . . . and a Moron.]

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said in an interview Saturday that it is time to move beyond the latest Buttars flap. “I think we’ve talked enough about Sen. Buttars,” he said. “We need to get on to finishing the legislative session [and I need to go back to Salt Lake City to lick the sphincter of Prophet Monson.] We’ve only got a couple weeks left [of the session, and Monson is squealing each day that I need to eat his butt out.”