Quips & Quotes
“I’m in a favor of recognizing marriage as a union between a man and a woman. I’m not in favor of trying to redefine it, or disguise it under another name.”
“So, I suggest we call the virus “Chris Buttars flu.” It’s perfect: He makes everybody sick, and nobody wants to eat that swine.”
“Who’s more offensive, Sen. Chris Buttars or his pal Senate President Mike Waddoups? Buttars spouts his crazy talk out of honest, if twisted, motives and beliefs. Waddoups backs up Buttars, then oozes out the door for fear of catching flak.”
“Our nation is moving toward inclusiveness and equality. Throughout history, our moral conscience has moved us to abolish slavery, allow women to vote, end legalized segregation and allow interracial marriage. Our nation is again moving to end another injustice: LGBT discrimination. This isn’t a religious matter, it is a civil matter. I wonder when Utah will support civil rights for all of its citizens. When will you?”
—Activist Jacob Whipple in a letter to the Deseret News.
“A gay couple in a state that has legalized such marriages sued a minister because he refused to allow them to hold their marriage ceremony at his church. If gay marriage becomes legal here in Utah, how long before a gay couple would sue a minister, pastor, bishop or rabbi because they refused to allow the couple to be married in their respective church or synagogue?”