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Subject: Amazingly ignorant words from Utah lawmaker
Date Posted: 2/20/2009 10:05 AM ET
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From a newsletter that I get:

"Utah State Senator Chris Buttars recently called the LGBT community "probably the greatest threat to America...I know of."

Comments like this spread ignorance and fear – promoting an atmosphere of violence against LGBT Americans. They have no place in the discourse of our elected officials."

 

He said in the clip that (I'm paraphrasing) "you can't tell what the morals are of a gay person."  Well I guess that's true!   Can't tell the morals of a straight person either as far as I can tell...

Just ridiculous!!

 

He went on to spew a series of vile insults including: