Posted on 01/27/2015 11:28:37 AM PST by servo1969
Alabama's first openly gay state lawmaker threatened to "out" fellow elected officials engaged in extramarital affairs, especially those that champion family values and traditional marriage.
State Rep. Patricia Todd's (D-Birmingham) ire came to a boil after several state officials reacted negatively to a recent federal ruling that declared Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard called the ruling "outrageous" and said that the will of 80% of Alabama citizens who voted in 2006 to define marriage as between a man and a woman has been overturned by the act of "a single unelected and unaccountable federal judge." He added, "The Legislature will encourage a vigorous appeals process, and we will continue defending the Christian conservative values that make Alabama a special place to live."
Leading that appeal is State Attorney General Luther Strange, who has filed for a stay of the judges' orders.
In an emotional response, Todd lashed out on Facebook:
This (is) a time where you find out who are accepting, loving people. To say I am disappointed in Speaker Hubbard comment's [sic] and Attorney General Strange [sic] choice to appeal the decision is an understatement. I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about 'family values' when they have affairs, and I know of many who are and have. I will call our elected officials who want to hide in the closet OUT.
In a follow-up interview on Monday with Al.com, a still-upset Todd defended her words, stating, "Don't start throwing bricks at my window when yours is already cracked as well." She also said she believes public sentiment has changed in the years since the 2006 vote and Alabama's leadership "needs to recognize that now."
Speaker Hubbard responded to Todd's Facebook outburst:
I consider Rep. Todd a friend, and we have always enjoyed a good and cordial relationship, so I am sorry that she is upset about my remarks. We do have a fundamental disagreement on allowing same-sex marriages in Alabama, and I will continue to voice my opinion on this important social issue, just as I expect she will continue to voice hers, but we can disagree without being disagreeable.
It is time we soften our thinking on Rand Paul and tell him to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
This is just a form of extortion.
If she were a proponent of bigamy such an attack might make sense.
HUGE mistake, yes.
One thing the left doesn’t seem to get is that our standard is not based on human definition,
so it really doesn’t matter whether someone lives up to the standard,
the standard is still the correct one.
Yep. That’s the exact type of thing young and swing voters on this topic point to when debating. We argue a moral position, the libs shout about things like Newt and Rush’s multiple wives, and suddenly the whole argument is screwed.
It’s frustrating.
Seen better heads on boils.
Doesn’t ‘outing’ a philandering Dhimmicrat merely adding to their ‘street cred’ among Dhimmicrat supporters? It did with ‘Carlos Danger’! She’s doing it for the Party!
Trying to get her(?) picture on a milk carton?
I say put up or shut up and she better hope she is correct and has proof. She could end up in court or getting her butt kicked or even killed when you use blackmail to destroy lives for political purposes.
More proof the gay mafia is out of control and don’t want acceptance they want control. You will be made to care!!!
She will own you.
Let’s hear it for blackmail and the politics of personal destruction.
Audit the Head!
GUILTY!
So take another vote if you're so confident. Eighty percent is a pretty strong rejection.
BINGO!
Yes its Porky, Porky Pig, La La La La, La La La!
Fugly people get their jollies doing ugly things.
She should keep that information to herself, as she may not have a full understanding of what is going on and it’s very destructive, scorched earth behavior.
LOL!
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