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Buttars stands by apology, has no intention of resigning

What's in THEIR hearts?

Will they go along with the status quo, or be strong enough to stand up to this evil?

I, for one, have sent Sen. Buttars an email asking for his immediate resignation. I hope others will be brave enough to follow in my footsteps.

This man has no place in public office

For any gains we made during Mitt Romney's candidacy, we've lost as much ground by immature, bigoted comments, proposed legislation & actions from Sen. Buttars. The fact that most of his collegues are just ducking & waitng for the storm to blow over, rather than stepping up & denouncing him speaks VERY loudly to Utah outsiders. No wonder the rest of the USA thinks we're all racist, polygamist, hillbillies.

Buttars is an ignorant bigot. I hope he's at least smart enough to resign.

Who are you people that insist on defending Buttars??! He will even try and take your rights away if he gets the chance you imperfect imps!

I'm actually more concerned with the Brown v. Board of Education comment. The "baby" comment really can be construed as a poor choice of words, albeit a VERY bad choice of words, but you can kind of see what he's saying if you squint hard enough.

But desegregation as a bad thing? I would LOVE to see the context that would make that palatable. I frankly can't think of one.

Senator Buttars should have known better; however, I doubt that he intended to denegrate anyone.
I recall Trent Lott's comments at the birthday of a 100 year old man: "If you had been elected President we wouldn't be in this mess."
That innocent statement turned into a PR nightmare. Here is what I learned:

Never apologize to a liberal. They will not accept the apology, but the will use it as evidence against you.

My mother always taught me to apologize, even if I did nothing wrong. My mother had never met the kind of dishonesty we see in today's political climate.

He shouldn't have a choice in this matter. He should me made to resign. He's an embarrassment to this State and to our Legislature.
I would imagine this would not be a question in any other State in the Union.

Buttars will not resign. His type have to be pushed out. And the Republicans on the hill will not turn on one of their own.

This is silly! There are numerous, BETTER reasons to call for Buttars resignation than his most recent comment!

Just like Larry Craig refused to resign. No sir, he's stayin' put whether the people want it or not.

I hope Senator Butters you will use this incident as an opportunity for reflection and self improvement. If you do, then this will have been a beneficial situation for all concerned.

God didn't make us all alike, in appearance or other ways. This no doubt so we could learn the lesson even better to love one another. Its up to you.

This is not the first "mis-statement" from Buttars. See another DesNews article from 2006. An excerpt:

"Buttars said Tuesday he was surprised when asked about the monumental 1954 Supreme Court decision Monday on KVNU-AM radio in Logan while discussing judicial activism and the roles of the courts.

On the radio, Buttars said "Well, I think Brown v. Board of Education is wrong to begin with," then declined to discuss the matter further, citing time constraints."

Of course, he later amended what was originally said. Brown v. Board of Ed. was about segregation in schools.

Don't you dare resign Sen. Butters! The socialist left is attempting to demonize regular speech and vocabulary, with the goal of reducing communication to a series of grunts and squeaks. This "new speak" is the product of moral relativism pushed by a block of people that claim morality is what they say it is, according to "how they feel" at the time. Thankfully, most in American don't buy into this situational ethic, morally relativistic, new speak. Most of us can still call a spade a spade knowing that it's not hate speech but part of our rich english language heritage.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who recently urged that radio host Don Imus be fired for making a racially insensitive remark, said in a debate that ''those of us who believe in God'' will defeat Republican Mitt Romney for the White House. All Sharpton had to do was have family home evening with a Utah Mormon family and all was forgiven. But what happened to Imus?
He was fired. How come it is that the demand is made to fire Butters and Imus, but Sharpton who demanded Imus be fired just had to sing popcorn popping on the Apricot tree to be forgiven. I am fine with either scenario as long as it is consistent among all people. If Buttars ends up losing his post like Imus, fine. Then Sharpton should lose his position also. But to demand Imus be fired then ask for forgivness about your comments is wrong. Shartpon being a Reverend should remember the story about the man who was forgiven of his debt but demanded that his debtor pay him only to cast him into prison when he could not.

From time to time each of us has said something we regret saying - sometimes immediately, sometimes after others point out the offense. Senator Buttars just offends more often than most. He has demonstrated by word and by deed that he is a racist, a sexist, and a religious bigot.

I think these distasteful characteristics are inherent in his nature. So that when he speaks, it doesn't even occur to him how hurtful and hateful his words and ideas are. Perhaps we should give this man some measure of forgiveness due to his innate ignorance.

But as a spokesman and representative for many people, this Senator should be ousted from the honorable position he holds.

Nope, sorry Constituent. But if you are from this culture let me remind you that you are "subject to (among other things) magistrates." My guess is Buttars views himself as one of those magistrates ... so ... end of story.

What Buttars said was studip and insensitive! As a black man living in NC, I believe we (All Americans) should be pulling together, not apart. Personlly, I think it is premature for the NAACP to call for Buttars resignation. Let the people of SLC see how big of a fool he is and afterwards I'll bet some of them will not vote for him in the next election. Even though SLC is predominately white, there are some people who will stand for what is right!

Buttars' comment is worthy of a redneck hick, not a Utah senator. The leadership of the Utah Senate now has an opportunity to publicly muzzle this ignorant oaf or to tacitly approve him by taking no significant action. Anybody want to guess what the "leadership" will do?