The Apology
The Tribune's Robert Gehrke reports that Sen. Chris Buttars apologized to the black community in Calvary Baptist Church Sunday for a series of statements that began with a reference to a bill as "This baby is black . . . It's a dark, ugly thing." Buttars referred to the outcry that followed as a "hate lynch mob."
"All I can do is say I'll beg your forgiveness. It was wrong. It was stupid. And I ask, if it's possible, forgive me. I knew as soon as I said it, that it was a horrible remark...All I can do is say I'm sorry."The Rev. France Davis told his mostly African-American congregation:
"It takes a big person to say, 'I'm sorry,' . . . and to do it off of familiar territory. I want - on behalf of you if there are no objections - to accept his apology."The question remains: Will the NAACP accept Buttars' apology? The group has vowed to do everything in its power to unseat the West Jordan senator in the next election.
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Is Rev Davis mimicking your pose at the top of your blog, or are you mimicking him?
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