Chris Buttars, the Utah Senator sponsor of the evolution and anti-gay club bills in this years legislative session, has been reported as “gravely ill”.
Buttars has been replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee, due to illness.
Buttars…. has told his colleagues that the legislation he sponsored this year is part of his legacy, a life’s work of promoting conservative morals.
There is some speculation as to whether or not senators will vote on his bills out of sympathy.
Senate President John Valentine acknowledged a wave of sentiment for Buttars among lawmakers. Voting for his legislation may be another matter.
“I’ve seen a lot of sympathy to move his bills forward. But I haven’t seen sympathy as far as actual votes cast,” Valentine said.
And Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, who regularly has visited Buttars in the hospital
and has taken on his less flashy legislation, said, “Certainly there has been sympathy to keep his bills alive. Would we pass legislation because of that? No.”
Word has it that another senator is going to be bringing an anti-gay club bill to the floor next week.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 