[Vision2020] Craig's official statement

[Joe Campbell]

Roger,

Here are some quotes from the CNN website indicating Craig's anti-gay voting 
recording. (Note that this does not include Craig's failure to speak out against
Idaho's recent anti-gay marriage amendment.)

In recent years, Craig's voting record has earned him top ratings from social 
conservative groups such as the American Family Association, Concerned 
Women for America and the Family Research Council.

He has supported a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex 
marriage, telling his colleagues that it was "important for us to stand up now 
and protect traditional marriage, which is under attack by a few unelected 
judges and litigious activists."

In 1996, Craig also voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which 
denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages and prevents states from 
being forced to recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples legally 
performed in other states.

Craig also has opposed expanding the federal hate crimes law to cover 
offenses motivated by anti-gay bias and, in 1996, voted against a bill that 
would have outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, 
which failed by a single vote in the Senate.

--
Joe Campbell

---- lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote: 

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No I have not followed every vote by every Congressman. I think people tend to look at ssues that they are the most interested in. In regard to the charge against Craig- I don't thing that touching someone's foot is anything to get too excited over. However if had had been me and there wasn't any tissue in the stall, I would have simply said "Can you hand me some toilet paper"
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Sue Hovey" suehovey at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:45:17 -0700
To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com,  "Paul Rumelhart" godshatter at yahoo.com, "Joe Campbell" joekc at adelphia.net
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Craig's official statement

> Folks who don't know where Craig stands on sexuality haven't been following 
> his senatorial career.
> 
> Sue Hovey
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>; "Joe Campbell" 
> <joekc at adelphia.net>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Craig's official statement
> 
> 
> > My sentiments also. I don't know where Craig stands on sexuality. Joe. 
> > maybe you could let us know were the hypocrisy is?
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
> > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:25:26 -0700
> > To: Joe Campbell joekc at adelphia.net
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Craig's official statement
> >
> >> Sure, be my guest.
> >>
> >> You're welcome.
> >>
> >> Is he actively anti-homosexual or something?  Despite the fact that he
> >> gave me a nomination to the Air Force Academy in 1984 (which turned me
> >> down) I haven't really followed his career that much.
> >>
> >> I'm just saying that I'd hate to be in that situation and not actually
> >> be guilty.  Tapping your right foot.  Who knew?  I might also be tempted
> >> to just pay the damn fine and hope nobody notices, too.
> >>
> >> I do know I plan to keep both feet solidly on the floor for the duration
> >> next time I'm in an airport restroom.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> Joe Campbell wrote:
> >> > Paul,
> >> >
> >> > You're not really that naive, are you? How about hypocrisy? Can we 
> >> > accuse him of that?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Joe Campbell
> >> >
> >> > --------------------
> >> >
> >> > The article I read in the Washington Post said that he had tapped the
> >> > foot of the person in the stall next him and reached under the
> >> > partition. Naive to ways of the dance of restroom stall courtship and
> >> > etiquette, I probably would have handed him some toilet paper blithely
> >> > assuming that his dispenser was empty.
> >> >
> >> > I haven't yet read the articles linked to earlier - so it's possible it
> >> > was more than that. But given what the Post said, I can't really accuse
> >> > him of much myself.
> >> >
> >> > Paul
> >> >
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