Kansas Lawmaker Apologizes for Anti-LGBT Bill After Daughter Scorns Him
I beg that you show yourself to be the honorable man I've always known you to be. Ultimately, what is right can never be something that hurts another. You taught me that.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
A Kansas state lawmaker issued a public apology this week after his daughter penned an open letter publicly condemning his decision to back an anti-LGBT bill.
"The bill that I should not have signed on to cosponsor contained some hateful language which I do not condone, and it is against our Lord's command to love our neighbors," State Rep. Ron Highland (R) said in a statement to his hometown newspaper the Wamego Times, the Mercury reported. "I have asked for my name to be removed from the bill. The process for doing so is in motion."
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Frankly, I think it took balls for the daughter to publish her thoughts regarding her father's actions, and it took balls for State Rep. Ron Highland to not only apologize, but have his name removed from the bill. Kudos to both.
havin
BALLZ !
Dear Friend SMAAB: Agreed on both counts.
We are none of us perfect.
The better among us, when wrong, make things as right as is possible,.
We learn from it and try to do better gong forward.
Peace and Abundant Blessings Always.
Enoch.
The shameful part is that a thousand random gays could have penned that letter and been roundly ignored by this guy. All the sudden his blood relative speaks out and he finds religion. The outcome is good, but the process is putrid.
I have feeling most don’t know what is really in the bill.
“the bill adds. "The state shall maintain the separation of church and state, which includes separating itself from the non-institutionalized religions such as secular humanism, expressive individualism and postmodern western individualistic moral relativism."
If it’s Kansas, and he’s a Republican, it’s no secret what the intended end game is.
There's a bit more to it than that:
Dear Friend Sandy: Some folks are like the denominator of a fraction.
The bigger they try to make themselves, the smaller they really are.
Good research.
Getting the whole story for making fact based decisions is the way to address such matters.
P&AB.
Enoch.
I love that.
TY.
Smiles.
E.
Yup, it seems to be okay until it strikes close to home. Kind of reminiscent of Dick Cheney's dilemma, who was kind to his daughter that is until it became politically expedient to jettison her.
Good for her and a bit of credit to him for at least putting family first with a little prompting, in the end that is.
Unfortunately, family can only do so much. Paul Gosar won Arizona’s 4th Congessional district last November even though his six siblings went public with encouraging the people to not vote for that right wing Trumpster douchebag.
A couple of thoughts on this Sister. Good for the daughter for publishing her comment/thoughts on what her father did. That took some guts to do. Second the father did the right thing.
The third is why would he and other politicians in Kansas introduce this bill. Could it be that in the mid terms Sharice Davids, Native American and a member of the LGBT community in a major upset was elected to represent Kansas in the House of Representatives...Of course this is a direct slap in the face to Sharice...I guess it's not surprising since a republican during the election said...''Send the lesbian Indian back to the reservation''....
Holy crap, Kav. Just when you think the self-proclaimed pious can't stoop any lower...
There is an upside of sorts. Representative Davids has a history of kicking ass and taking names, literally and figuratively.
She was/is a professional MMA fighter....I don't believe that the ass wipe that said send her back to the reservations did it to her face...LOL
Too right!
Dear Brother Kavika: Agreed.
Too many pander to those who want to make second class citizens of classes of citizens.
Prostrating to a bigoted base that supports political hacks does the moral fiber and human decency of the body politic no good at all.
It was a shot across the bow At Ms. Davids, and the LGBTQ community.
I join you, SMAAB and others here in calling out those who hate peddle under the guise of their (mis)understanding of religious values.
So does the Source of all values.
P&AB.
Enoch.
Bingo!
Good for the girl.
Half a clap for the father.
Boos for Kansas Republicans.
OK, good! It's nice to see that there are some people you can talk to and actually get them to reflect a little and change.
i find this story to be impossible - i just read an article that states Trump (who is an R and currently in charge of the party Pres) is a "gay rights hero" but here it states that someone in his party (the party that is part of this "gay rights hero") supported a bill that is quite the contrary.... what gives ? wasn't it said previously that the buck stops with the Pres ? (i think it was Obama who was Pres at the time... i guess the buck doesn't stop there anymore since he's not currently president ?)
Trumpps' buck
stops where Doe is