Posted on 02/14/2009 2:57:21 PM PST by FRGOPPER
The day after declaring his support for civil unions, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. canceled a press conference and held other meetings at the governor's mansion rather than in his office in the Capitol.
His spokeswoman, Lisa Roskelley, declined Wednesday to comment on any threats that may have been received by the governor's office. She said the majority of the calls and e-mails made to the office, however, were to say "thank you."
Huntsman's statement that he backs civil unions "in the broadest sense" as well as the "Common Ground" legislative initiative intended to extend the benefits of marriage to gay and other couples sparked protests at the Capitol Wednesday that included lawmakers.
Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, was circulating a statement warning that civil unions in Utah "would threaten marriage and religious freedom." He was asking his fellow GOP senators to sign the statement if they agreed.
Buttars, who said he didn't want to discuss the statement written by the Marriage Law Foundation, said it would not be forwarded to the governor. "No. It's just a statement. I don't think it'll go anywhere," he said. "I just wanted people to read it. It's very well-written."
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Clean cut all American Mormans supporting queers. Who’dda thought?
He seems to want it both ways - that seems queer!
Girly men throwing a hissy fit? The horrors!
shockingly, though, it seems like it’s not the “girlie men” who are complaining here. . .
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Civil unions are just about as bad as homosexual "marriage".
Civil Unions are a huge incremental step toward the legalization of gay marriages and therefore should not be supported. There are enough legal avenues gay “partners” can pursue, to gain most of the financial and other kinds of benefits and responsibilties, to which married couples are privy, with the exception of the adoption of children, as it should be.
Exactly.
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