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Buttars loses two panel posts, refuses to apologize
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 20, 2009 03:53pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Feb 20, 2009 02:20pm |
| Description | Utah Senate leaders ousted Sen. Chris Buttars on Friday from two committees that he heads in response to outrage and embarrassment from Buttars' anti-gay tirade to a documentary filmmaker.
"I want the citizens of Utah to know that the Utah Senate stands behind Senator Buttars right to speak, we stand behind him as one of our colleagues and his right to serve this state," said Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville. "He is a senator who represents the point of view of many of his constituents and many of ours. We agree with many of the things he said. . . . We stand four square behind his right [to say what he wants]."
Buttars, R-West Jordan, said he "totally" disagrees with his removal from the panel. In a statement he plans to post on the Senate's Web page, he said the action was an attempt to "shy away from controversy." And, he said, he would not apologize for his comments.
"I don't have anything to apologize for," he said. |
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