Disgusted

I am just...disgusted by the Utah Senate. Chris Buttars in specific. It is just amazing to me that this man can sleep at night. He can look himself in the mirror and not feel the need to drive himself off a cliff. The man is a fucking idiot. I wish that I could think more clearly so that I could come up with a better description of what he is, but I am just so disgusted that I can't even begin to articulate my thoughts adequately.
For anyone who isn't aware, I'm talking about Chris Buttars' comments on the Common Ground Initiative which simply asks that the LGBT community be granted the same civil and HUMAN rights as straight couples. Things like Expanding Health Care, Fair Housing and Employment (Right now it is legal in Utah for people to be fired from their jobs or evicted from their homes just because they’re gay or transgender.), and Removing existing barriers to inheritance and insurance (this bill was defeated in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 4-2 vote).
All of these things seem like pretty basic allowances for ANYONE living in America...but that's not how it is. Freedom and Liberty and Civil Rights are available to any American, unless you live in some way that someone else doesn't understand or doesn't like. Then, you can go ahead and get fucked. Right?
Back to good ol' Buttars.
He called the gay-rights movement "probably the greatest threat to America", likened gay activists to Muslim radicals and dubbed same-sex relationships "abominations."
In the same interview with Reed Cowan on ABC he says "It's the beginning of the end. Oh it's worse than that, sure. Sodom and Gomorrah was localized. This is worldwide."
When talking about the Initiative brought before the Senate, which has since been stopped for 2009 with a House committee voting down the final bill Wednesday, he said "It lost 4-2, and I killed it. I've killed every one they've brought for eight years."

I can't help but remember when I was learning about our Nation's history in school. I remember learning about women fighting for the right to vote, African Americans fighting for the right to be in the same ROOM as white people. I was just so shocked that anyone could have ever thought it was alright to treat people like that. My how far we've come...that's what I thought. And here we are. Again.
I am so glad I won't be having children. I wouldn't want my kids or their kids learning about this some day. I don't want to be a part of the history we're making.