Huntsman lines up with SLC
Even with a new sponsor and an overhaul, Sen. Chris Buttars' bill to shoot down Salt Lake City's domestic-partnership registry is running to opposition, this time in high places.
Gov. Jon Huntsman, as usual, eschewing fire-in-the-belly rhetoric, told the Tribune attempts by the state to control a city is inappropriate.
"I'm not sure that the state has a place overreaching or micromanaging what is done at the local-government level," the eloquent Huntsman says. The registry probably is consistent with state law, he says, leaving it to city officials "to do what they want to do."
After Buttars' bent everyone out of shape this month with homophobic and racially insensitive comments, the Senate put Sen. Greg Bell in charge of drafting a new version of the measure.
The refurbished bill has yet to see light, but Huntsman says unless it is significantly different than Buttars', it probably won't reach his desk to be vetoed.
2 Comments:
thank god.
It has seen light, with 21 Senators as sponsors, including Buttars
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