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(Judge Pryor Wields Gavel Like A Sledge Hammer Against GLBT Equality)
A lot of good the "compromise" did ending the GOP threat of the so-called "nuclear option" in the Seante. It not only is allowing the confirmation of virulently anti-gay judges, but the Republicans still plan to nuke the Democrats during the upcoming battle over naming a new Supreme Court justice.
Today's sickening Senate confirmation of former Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, highlights how the Democrats (and the gay community) got screwed on the compromise. Pryor has one of the most hateful records in the history of the bench, wielding his gavel against the GLBT Community like a sledge hammer. Take a look at his record, as compiled by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
In his capacity as deputy attorney general of Alabama, Pryor co-authored an amicus brief supporting Colorado's anti-gayballot initiative in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Romer v. Evans.
As Alabama attorney general, Pryor wrote an amicus brief defending Texas' anti-gay sodomy law in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas. Pryor sought to deny gay people equal protection under the law, including upholding the imprisonment of gay men and lesbians for expressing their human sexuality in the privacy of their own homes.
While temporarily sitting on the Eleventh Circuit via a recess appointment by President George W. Bush, Pryor cast the deciding vote upholding Florida's ban on adoption by gay men andlesbians.
Pryor calls the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade as "the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history."
My friends, get ready to have the courts filled with Pryor clones, unless the Democrats get tough and fight back. Of course, the Democrats will remain weak and nearly useless as long as our GLBT organizations continue to laud failed deals like the awful Seante "compromise" as a victory. While they say the nuclear option was temporarily averted, it certainly doesn't feel like it. After all, the GLBT community is suffering radioactive effects from the deal's terrible fallout.
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HRC's kiss ass, suck up to the Dems made my puke. What a disgrace. It is time to form a new GLBT group.
I lived in Germany as a little girl as the Nazi's rose to power. It reminds me very much of what is happening in America today. We think it can't happen here, but it can. In fact, it alreay is.
