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.
Oh brother here we go! Typical lib MO.
Homosexual activism is harmful to everything it touches.
Catfight.
“Oh brother here we go! Typical lib MO.”
Indeed.
That’s the “gay way”.
Jeez, after seeing her picture, it occurs to me that her homosexuality may not be a choice but a requirement since few, if any, men would want to approach her.
LOL
This is what men with sex changes end up looking like.
Are they hypocritical because they are having extramarital affairs or is she calling them out of the closet for pretending to be straight?
Or is she just a mean dyke that wants to overrule the will of the people?
Oh, and she looks like a nun ( sorry to say).
Is fornigate still a thing? I thought Democrats said that it didn’t matter.
Send her a reporter from the National Inquirer so I can kill time at the supermarket check out stand.
Even if she has to make it up.
My question is that if there are conservatives having affairs and etc. then why haven’t the other conservatives exposed them?
Did Perez Hilton get elected to Congress?
We can assume she’ll also be outing gays who sleep around, right?
Anyone who espouses family values in order to get elected and is either in an extramarital or gay affair should be outed. Our worst enemy is hypocrisy.
The whole point is out the window here. It’s not about who is behaving properly in the state house. It’s about whether the people and their representatives have the right to make laws.
She wants to savage the Christian conservative vote (Democrat or Republican).
In 2006 Democrats swept into Congress (House & Senate) by playing up the outing of 2 Republicans.
It doesn’t have to win a vote to their candidate, just disgust the voters enough to stay at home.
LOL! So true!
I think the dyke will be chastened in the media and will eventually calm down
We can't be always intimidated by our past ..
Oh yeah ? .. Well, your boss is a flaming muslim faggot ... so THERE !!
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