Post by pavel on Mar 20, 2016 3:41:56 GMT -6
Lawmaker's 'set myself on fire' rant raised in debate over state Supreme Court justices
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state representative’s tirade almost a year ago on the House floor is serving as fodder for some who oppose changing the way state Supreme Court justices are selected.
Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Oklahoma City, has expressed anger and concern over recent state Supreme Court rulings against abortion legislation and a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds.
Taking the House floor last April to denounce an adverse abortion ruling, Calvey shouted: “If I were not a Christian and didn’t have a prohibition against suicide, I’d walk across the street, douse myself in gasoline and set myself on fire to protest the evil that is going on over there (at the state Supreme Court).”
Recalling Calvey’s declaration on the House floor, Oklahoma City attorney Cathy Christensen handed out small boxes of matches at an Oklahoma Bar Association meeting earlier this month and urged other lawyers to go to the state Capitol and give the matches to Calvey.
Read more: www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/lawmaker-s-set-myself-on-fire-rant-raised-in-debate/article_e47a3d93-d064-503b-8e72-6025725ec93b.html
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state representative’s tirade almost a year ago on the House floor is serving as fodder for some who oppose changing the way state Supreme Court justices are selected.
Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Oklahoma City, has expressed anger and concern over recent state Supreme Court rulings against abortion legislation and a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds.
Taking the House floor last April to denounce an adverse abortion ruling, Calvey shouted: “If I were not a Christian and didn’t have a prohibition against suicide, I’d walk across the street, douse myself in gasoline and set myself on fire to protest the evil that is going on over there (at the state Supreme Court).”
Recalling Calvey’s declaration on the House floor, Oklahoma City attorney Cathy Christensen handed out small boxes of matches at an Oklahoma Bar Association meeting earlier this month and urged other lawyers to go to the state Capitol and give the matches to Calvey.
Read more: www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/lawmaker-s-set-myself-on-fire-rant-raised-in-debate/article_e47a3d93-d064-503b-8e72-6025725ec93b.html