Oh The Irony
I love it when LGBT rights opponents manage to make our arguments for us.
Like Senator Chris Buttars of Utah, who says he will block a proposed inclusive Salt Lake City anti-discrimination bill because, and this is a direct quotation:
“I don’t think the discrimination they scream about is really real”.
This in Salt Lake City, home of the Mormons, who effectively bankrolled the Proposition 8 campaign last year and appear to be working similarly hard to overturn gay marriage legislation in Maine.
And this is Senator Chris Buttars, whose anti-gay comments are sufficiently inflamatory that he was reprimanded by Senate leaders for them, and removed from his position as Chair of the Judicial Standing Committee by his own (Republican) party. The Chris Buttars who has blocked one pro-gay measure after another while actively advocating for anti-gay measures.
But there’s no real discrimination, apparently. What would you call it, then Senator? Just plain old bigotry and hatred?