Earlier this month, the Church of Latter Day Saints made headlines when it threw its support behind a measure in Salt Lake City that barred “landlords and employers from discriminating based on sexuality,” making it the first city in Utah to adopt the g@y rights measure. Now, the Mormon Church is backing a similar statewide bill, enlisting the help of a variety of lawmakers to help get it passed. One such lawmaker is Sen. Chris Buttars (R), who, despite his adamant support for an earlier proposition that banned same-sex marriage, does believe that sexual orientation deserves protection from employer and landlord abuse. However, while explaining his opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt children, he told the press:
BUTTARS: I meet with the g@ys here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don’t mind g@ys. But I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time. Certainly not in my kid’s face.
Watch it (money shot, er, quote, at 1:15):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1uFbqO260
In the past, Buttars has said that g@y men and women are “the greatest threat to America going down.” “I believe they will destroy the foundation of the American society,” he said in February. “In my mind, it’s the beginning of the end. … Sodom and Gomorrah was localized. This is worldwide.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/utah-senator-shove-throat/
P.S. “Buttars.” Priceless.
P.P.S. For the luvva Dog, can we please get a grownup autocensor in this place? Please?