Post by pavel on Feb 14, 2016 2:22:00 GMT -6
House Speaker's Aide Calls Senator A 'Dumbass' As Georgia GOP Clash Over How Anti-Gay They Should Be
"First he called me a dumbass, then he said if I wanted to sh*t on House bills that I should run for the House," says Senator Josh McKoon.
Republican state lawmakers hilariously clashed over anti-LGBT religious freedom legislation in Georgia this week, with the House speaker's counsel reportedly calling an anti-gay GOP senator a "dumbass" for criticizing the state's so-called "Pastor Protection Act."
Republican Sen. Josh McKoon (photo), the author of a sweeping anti-LGBT religious freedom bill that's been stalled in the Legislature for two sessions, took to the Senate floor on Thursday to express frustration that the far narrower Pastor Protection Act is sailing through the process, Project Q Atlanta reports.
Although it's plenty mean-spirited, the Pastor Protection Act merely reaffirms existing protections under the First Amendment, saying clergy and religious organizations can't be forced to participate in same-sex weddings, and it passed the House unanimously.
In a refreshingly honest and accurate assessment of the bill from the anti-LGBT lawmaker, McKoon called the Pastor Protection Act "a cheap political trick," urging colleagues to instead pass his Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or GOP Sen. Mark Kirk's "First Amendment Defense Act," which also appears to be stalled.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/georgia_republicans_clash_over_how_anti_gay_they_should_be?recruiter_id=838695
"First he called me a dumbass, then he said if I wanted to sh*t on House bills that I should run for the House," says Senator Josh McKoon.
Republican state lawmakers hilariously clashed over anti-LGBT religious freedom legislation in Georgia this week, with the House speaker's counsel reportedly calling an anti-gay GOP senator a "dumbass" for criticizing the state's so-called "Pastor Protection Act."
Republican Sen. Josh McKoon (photo), the author of a sweeping anti-LGBT religious freedom bill that's been stalled in the Legislature for two sessions, took to the Senate floor on Thursday to express frustration that the far narrower Pastor Protection Act is sailing through the process, Project Q Atlanta reports.
Although it's plenty mean-spirited, the Pastor Protection Act merely reaffirms existing protections under the First Amendment, saying clergy and religious organizations can't be forced to participate in same-sex weddings, and it passed the House unanimously.
In a refreshingly honest and accurate assessment of the bill from the anti-LGBT lawmaker, McKoon called the Pastor Protection Act "a cheap political trick," urging colleagues to instead pass his Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or GOP Sen. Mark Kirk's "First Amendment Defense Act," which also appears to be stalled.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/georgia_republicans_clash_over_how_anti_gay_they_should_be?recruiter_id=838695