Poster Children

Okay, so Buttars has been "stripped" (eww... could you imagine? Pervy, grumpy naked Buttars running amok with his pigs? Talk about the greatest threat to America!) of his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Senate President Michael Waddoups, who said that the action should not be seen as a punishment for anti-gay statements Buttars made and that Buttars is considered by his colleagues to be a "stalwart" who "represents the views of many of his constituents and many of ours."

And there you have it. I live in a state run by hillbillies in business man's clothing. The white shirt and tie ain't foolin' me anymore Jethro. Step away from the livestock.

I'm thinking it's only going to get better and better because Waddoups also said taking Buttars off the committee would be a "freeing mechanism for Sen. Buttars to function, to more fully express his freedom of speech." They took him off the committee that hears gay rights bills so he can more fully express himself and represent the views that many of his constituents are too chicken shit to admit to. Of course, THE CHURCH released it's sad little statement: “From the outset, the Church’s position has always been to engage in civil and respectful dialogue on this issue. Senator Buttars does not speak for the Church.” Civil and respectful? Are you freaking kidding me??? And, yes he does speak for the church. The Mormon Church created Chris Buttars. At least he's got the balls to say out loud what far too many say behind closed doors. They don't like that he is making them look bad but they absolutely agree with where he stands.

I can't wait to hear the next ignorant and bigoted verbal nails he's going to put in this coffin. Like it or not, Sen Buttars has been given free reign and is now the poster child for Utah and the Mormon Church. I cannot imagine that even the "Well, what do you know? Praise Jeebus, God has finally spoken!" revelation that is sure to come 10 - 20 years after this has all finally blown over politically will be able to undo the damage that this has all done to the LDS church. This is no longer about being seen as a Peculiar People this is about being seen as Hateful Mental Hillbillies. And that really is a shame because there are many, many good, smart, kind Mormons out there.


Totally unrelated, there is another poster child that needs addressing. Hugh Jackman. Okay, I am a musical theater geek but what was UP with the out of control musical numbers that were totally unrelated to any of the films last night? What the hell was that frightening thing that he and Beyonce did? It was like they threw in something just to showcase the fact that the guy can sing. So what? So can half the people in that room - and many of them do it better. Please, please, please send him back to host the Tony Awards and stop ruining my Oscars. Hugh, we will enjoy you better there but every over the top musical fiesta we see you in makes it harder and harder for us to keep seeing you as the sex symbol that men want to be and women want to do. Just thought you should know.