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Posted on 02/26/2005 2:38:04 PM PST by NYer
A Republican lawmaker in Maine has introduced a bill to prohibit abortions based on the sexual orientation of the unborn baby.
State Rep. Brian Duprey wants the Legislature to forbid a woman from ending a pregnancy because the fetus is homosexual.
He said the bill looks into the future in case scientists find what he described as a "homosexual gene."
"I have heard from women who told me that if they found out that they were carrying a child with the gay gene, then they would abort. I think this is wrong," said Duprey, who got the idea while listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show.
But some lawmakers say Duprey is neither interested in creating new policy to protect gays and lesbians nor seriously discussing the issue of abortion. The bill, they say, is a way of forcing some lawmakers to choose between abortion rights and gay rights.
"It will be seen as some kind of political gamesmanship," said House Majority Leader Glenn Cummings, D-Portland.
Last month, Duprey drew attention to the issue of gay rights when he proposed a bill to legalize same-sex marriages even though opposing it himself.
The Baldacci administration and homosexual activists questioned Duprey's motivation. They said the bill disrespected the legislative process and prevented them from having time to build support for the issue.
Senate Minority Leader Paul Davis, R-Sangerville, questioned the bill's premise. "You cannot test for it," he said.
After seeing the proposed legislation, Senate President Beth Edmonds, D-Freeport, and Cummings called Duprey's efforts disingenuous. They questioned why he has opposed gay rights legislation protecting adults while pushing for legislation protecting those not yet born.
"It is just something to get him press time. It is not a realistic proposal," Edmonds said.
Duprey said: "Technology is changing every day. They could map the homosexual gene tomorrow."
A spokesman for the governor's office told the Portland Press Herald the administration will review Duprey's bill but declined to comment on it.
Duprey, an opponent of abortion, said he believes support will grow for the measure, though he has no co-sponsors.
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A few words to him, put the crack pipe away.
Pro-Life Homosexual Ping! .... lol
All I can say is thank the Lord, it's about time.
Naw, his strategy is to sandbag the liberal groups who wouldn't dare oppose the act. His next step will be to outlaw all abortion, IMHO.
There are pro-life homosexuals? I have now lived long enough to see it all :-)
It always happens when he's out of the country. I'm sure he'll have a field day of amusement with this when he gets back.
Why?
Rush will have a field day with this.
What's wrong with the Bill?
"There are pro-life homosexuals"
Only where pre-born gays are concerned. There doesn't seem to be any concern about pre-born heterosexuals.
also........."I have heard from women who told me that if they found out that they were carrying a child with the gay gene, then they would abort.
Rights clash all of the time in American society, and most conflict.
This whole thing cracks me up...
He introduced the bill, but it's going to be completely ignored by the 'RATs who own the Maine legislature. Last month he introduced a bill legalizing same-sex marriage that has yet to be acted upon either.
It sounds to me that he is raising a deadly serious question in regards to abortion.
Is this for real? I am trying very hard to convince myself it is the Onion masquerading as the World Net Daily. Goodness, how ludicrous. This dude needs to get off whatever psychedelic he is on.
I don't think some people here are getting the point. Note that he brought up a bill to make gay marriage legal while he himself opposes it. (Think about it.)
What he's doing is stirring up the debate so that people will be forced to THINK about the implications--i.e. gays who have been bemoaning the failure of gay marriage amendments will see this as a way for gays to be eliminated in the future, so of course they would start to think about being anti-abortion; the prochoicers would have to come out and blatantly defend the abortion of children because they're gay.
It's a brilliant move even if it goes nowhere.
This guy needs to just leave the legislature and run not walk to the State Mental Hospital.
There is no test to determine if a baby will be gay, where in the Hell did this moron get his from and if it was from Rush then this idiot doesn't know the diffierence between real news and satire.
Wackos.....they come out of the woodwork.
LOL!!!
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