Mack Butler (born April 27, 1963) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

Early life

Mack Butler was born on April 27, 1963, in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

. He grew up in

Gadsden, Alabama Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about northeast of Birmingham and southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan ...

, and he graduated from the Gadsden State Community College.

Career

Butler is an electrician and property investor. Butler was elected as a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives on December 11, 2012. He represents Etowah County and St. Clair County. In 2017, he sponsored a bill for the

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act The Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 (Ala. Code § 41-9-230 through 237, AL Act 2017-354, Senate Bill 60) is an act of law in the U.S. state of Alabama which requires local governments to obtain state permission before moving or renaming ...

to make it harder to remove

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in Alabama. He argued, "What happened in America was horrible, and it’s important we learn how horrible it was." The bill passed the house in May 2017. Butler ran for election for the Alabama Senate District 10. He was defeated by Andrew Jones in the primary.

Political views

Freedom From Religion Foundation

In December 2015, the FFRF, a Wisconsin-based legal organization stated that a concerned resident contacted them about a nativity scene at the City Hall in Rainbow City, Alabama. The organization sent a letter to the mayor and the nativity scene was removed, but soon returned to the front lawn. Butler, along with State Senator Phil Williams (R), have hosted the event as "we the people" most years since the initial incident without further action.

Abortion

Butler does not support abortion in any aspect. He calls the act of abortion "human sacrifice" as well as "pure evil". Butler is known for his political commentary on his personal Facebook page, where he has called supporters of abortion, along with all members of the democratic party "pure evil" and "guilty of murder by association". On numerous occasions Butler has stated he wants to see an end to abortion protections, such as

Roe v. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and st ...

. Butler stated "this could finally be the law that overturns Roe v. Wade" to his personal Facebook account, talking about the appeal by Alabama AG Steve Marshall after the “Alabama Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act” was struck down by two lower federal courts.

Personal life

With his wife Connie, he has four children. He is a Baptist.

References

Living people 1963 births Politicians from Birmingham, Alabama Politicians from Gadsden, Alabama Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators 21st-century Alabama politicians {{Alabama-politician-stub