So as not to be ousted by a Democrat, my former congresswoman
Deborah Pryce wisely retired in 2008. As my rep, she was a backer of the successful 2004 GOP
"fear the queer" bill which legally prohibits gay marriage in Ohio. But now, only now, five years out of office and nine years removed from her support of that odious law, she's changed her mind and signed a brief in favor of repealing such laws. Deb, you're a spineless worm and you're way too late, but finally, you're
right.
The U.S. Supreme Court does not acknowledge the irony, but at the end of Black History Month and on the very day a statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in Washington D.C., they heard
arguments to overturn part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, relative to minority voting protections in the redneck South. The plaintiff is Shelby County, Alabama. Its' essential position, which has strong Republican support, is that congressional oversight is no longer needed -- the problem is fixed, Jim Crow racism is dead, voter suppression doesn't exist, and everything is hunky-dory in Dixie. Well, you can believe that shit
at your peril. The Righties on the Court seem eager to repeal these essential protections. If they do, they'll be
wrong.
So as not to be ousted by a Democrat, my former congresswoman Deborah Pryce wisely retired in 2008. As my rep, she was a backer of the successful 2004 GOP "fear the queer" bill which legally prohibits gay marriage in Ohio. But now, only now, five years out of office and nine years removed from her support of that odious law, she's changed her mind and signed a brief in favor of repealing such laws. Deb, you're a spineless worm and you're way too late, but finally, you're right.
The U.S. Supreme Court does not acknowledge the irony, but at the end of Black History Month and on the very day a statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in Washington D.C., they heard arguments to overturn part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, relative to minority voting protections in the redneck South. The plaintiff is Shelby County, Alabama. Its' essential position, which has strong Republican support, is that congressional oversight is no longer needed -- the problem is fixed, Jim Crow racism is dead, voter suppression doesn't exist, and everything is hunky-dory in Dixie. Well, you can believe that shit at your peril. The Righties on the Court seem eager to repeal these essential protections. If they do, they'll be wrong.
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