Friday, February 20, 2009
Hatred Reigns
After watching the latest shenanigans in the Utah Senate, and the sheer boredom with which the president of that body dealt with comments of extreme hatred by one of its members, I stand appalled.Utah once welcomed the world and now tells a group of people "we hate you and we will applaud anyone in a position of power who will encourage further harassment and hatred against you." I am amazed at the audacity of our state Senate leadership who stand "foursquare" behind a fellow senator who compares people seeking equal rights to terrorists. I am stunned at the hypocrisy of this same group insisting on protecting the First Amendment rights of that senator while regularly seeking to prohibit protesters on the Capitol grounds and running bills to punish others who tried to exercise those same rights. How can people who claim to be the arbiters of what is decent in this state engage in such gross acts of indecency? Yes, everyone has the right to speak there mind, but that doesn't mean the senate can't seek to raise the bar on public discourse by sending its members a clear message that the body will NOT stand behind hate speech.
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I always knew that hatred existed right next door to me. But, I always thought I was paranoid. Now, with these Senators actually saying they agree with Chris Buttars right out in public. This is like the KKK representing voters. If they will turn on gays like that, think of what they will do to us people that do not agree with their "Christian Values". These senators are blatantly declaring themselves gay haters calling or condoning one of them for labeling this group as terrorists. They are so smug, so blatant. They defend themselves by saying they are not using their status as a senator, but they are public servants spewing this hatred. What happened to the honor that went along with being a public servant. There was no welcome the world when the Winter Olympic Games were here, it was publicity for Utah and a chance to make a buck. We went back to our narrow minded state as soon as everybody went home.
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