Ohio lawmaker to propose ban on GOP adoption

[Newsjock]

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/13945272.htm
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0223gop-adoption23-ON.html

BY CARL CHANCELLOR
Knight Ridder Newspapers

AKRON, Ohio - If an Ohio lawmaker's proposal becomes state law, Republicans would be barred from being adoptive parents.

State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that he intends to "introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters from adopting children or acting as foster parents." The e-mail ended with a request for co-sponsorship.

On Thursday, the Youngstown Democrat said he had not yet found a co-sponsor.

Hagan said his "tongue was planted firmly in cheek" when he drafted the proposed legislation. However, Hagan said that the point he is trying to make is nonetheless very serious.

Hagan said his legislation was written in response to a bill introduced in the Ohio House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, that is aimed at prohibiting gay adoption.

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edit to add second souce for same story... first one isn't responding

[Mythsaje]

1. Get the statistics on how many Repug/Fundie parents

abandon or mistreat their gay children. If roughly 10% of people are gay, this would suggest a rather high percentage chance of some growing up to be mistreated or abandoned by their adoptive/foster parents.

[TommyO]

16. We can do better than that...

we can make them up, just like the fundies do with us!

[Mythsaje]

32. Oh, yeah...

then they'd have to counter with the real statistics, which are bad enough. :evilgrin:

[Up2Late]

2. That's great!

Maybe he should propose another Law that prohibits Registered Republicans from have access to abortions and birth control too?

You know they would oppose it, because they don't want to let anyone tell them what to do! :evilgrin:

[chalky]

3. Now THAT would be the perfect "gotcha".

n/t

[Demeter]

15. You Are an Evil Genius! The Perfect Idea!

You know, the Democratic Party could use your input, a sort of anti-Rove.

[Up2Late]

54. Thanks! I try to contribute here, but so far...

...no job offers. :evilfrown:

BTW, another effect it would have is, if any of the RWer's began to support the bill or law, all their Republican Daughter's would start registering as Democrats!

Boy would that be fun to see. :evilgrin:

[Vickers]

17. Holy cow, I *LOVE* it!

Walk the walk, baby! :rofl:

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[Vickers]

33. You talking about me?

:shrug:

[drm604]

22. That's good.

That's very good! :rofl:

[QuettaKid]

23. Best.Idea.Evar. nt.

.

[LiberalFighter]

31. Or even that only Democrats would be allowed to have abortions

and birth control.

They would HAVE to think it would reduce the number of Democrats.

[Erika]

4. Yes!!! n/t

[leftstreet]

5. LOL

That's clever!

[melody]

6. Extreme fundie adoptions, too

Protecting children from cult indoctrination.

Then again, that pretty much is the GOP these days, isn't it?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. Especially those!

Talk about seriously fucking up a person for life!

[JohnnyRingo]

7. My favorite part of the petition:

"adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."

I love Bob Hagan. Though he's certainly pandering, he's pandering to me.

[VaLabor]

8. not the brightest idea in the world

just the sort of thing to rile up the crazies, while doing nothing to further our cause, but make for outrageous headlines like this.

[depakid]

11. Sure it is!

Anything like this that puts the spotlight on these people, exposes them for who they are and holds them up to ridicule furthers our cause.

Ridicule is a poweful rhetorical device- one which the far right has used very effectively for a long time.

If the Dems had the good sense to have clued in on this fact- and used the tactic themselves against these wingnuts years ago, we wouldn't be in the predicamnt that we're in today.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

57. Re: The Crazies:

They are self-winding.

[HuffleClaw]

9. BWHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

oh my that is sooooo funny. good for him, a great way to publicize the lunacy of the anti-gay adoption bill.

[radfringe]

10. well...you know that the only way

to get new republicans in the party is to seduce and recruit them.... :wink:

[truthisfreedom]

12. nice move.

this will ruffle some feathers.

[ClayZ]

13. YEAH!

Great Idea!

[auburngrad82]

14. Where do I send my campaign donations?

Liberal bumper stickers

[Cambist]

18. Outlaw Divorce Too

You sir,have an excellent idea! This should be spread to all newspapers and networks.

dlh

[Solly Mack]

19. Love it! - but I think the point will be lost on the GOP

they will see this as an attack on republicans and still defend their crusade/attacks on GLBT as justified and righteous. They won't see what they do as an attack - but will call this measure an attack. Totally blinded in their hate.

[AndyA]

20. Child abusers seem to almost always be straight Republicans

How do I know? That's the majority of the population where I live, and when there are reports of child abuse, abandonment, torture, etc., the parents are always straight, and more than likely Republicans. I never hear about a gay couple treating their child in this manner.

So, I guess Republicans feel that a baby is better off being born to parents who didn't want it, and don't want it, then subjected to a life a hate, abuse, and pain as opposed to - GASP! - allowing that child to be loved by a gay couple.

One only has to look at our President to see what happens when someone isn't brought up properly...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Not to mention some foster kids were abused by straight people.

Yet letting gays handle them would be "harmful." :eyes:

[StuckinKS]

30. As a gay parent

two of my three adopted children were removed from their parents because of abuse/neglect.

Oh yeah, did I mention that their parents were STRAIGHT!

[rucky]

24. They choose to be Republican...

and they shouldn't have special privlidges if they condone immoral acts.

[Nikki Stone 1]

25. Now if he could only draft a law barring them from reproducing....

:evilgrin:

[berni_mccoy]

26. ROFL!

K&R :kick:

[leQ]

27. made my Joke of the Day (n/t)

[banana republican]

28. Shouldn't even be allowed to reproduce let alone adopt. n/t

[OKNancy]

34. kick

[Lori Price CLG]

35. Lawmaker's proposal: Bar Republicans from adopting

Lawmaker's proposal: Bar Republicans from adopting

If an Ohio lawmaker's proposal becomes state law, Republicans would be barred from being adoptive parents.

State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that he intends to "introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters from adopting children or acting as foster parents." The e-mail ended with a request for co-sponsorship.

<snip>

Hagan said his "tongue was planted firmly in cheek" when he drafted the proposed legislation. However, Hagan said that the point he is trying to make is nonetheless very serious.

Hagan said his legislation was written in response to a bill introduced in the Ohio House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, that is aimed at prohibiting gay adoption.

<snip>

Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

[windy252]

36. Is this

as a response to the legislation they've been pushing trying to bar gay parents from adopting?

[Up2Late]

55. In a word, Yes.

Looks like you are getting the hang of this place.

Welcome to DU :toast:

[blm]

37. It's about time the RW tactics are exposed for their absurdities. I say

KEEP MOCKING THEM with actions like this, and treat them as objects of scorn - that's all they understand.

[wicket]

39. amen to that!!!!

:kick:

[Lori Price CLG]

42. I like your 'Blue bus,' wicket! n/t

[wicket]

49. Thank-you very much!

It's actually my 76 year old Grandfather, a farmer from Vermont, he converted the bus into a camper for our fishing trips. Have I mentioned how much he rocks? :D

[Lori Price CLG]

51. That is awesome! I bet that's so much fun!! n/t

[BOSSHOG]

38. OUTSTANDING

Now its time for a dem to introduce a constitutional amendment which would ban divorce. Countering right wing hate is hard work.

[wicket]

40. I love this part:

To further lampoon Hood's bill, Hagan wrote in his mock proposal that "credible research" shows that adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

41. not to mention selfishness and narcissism nt

[bling bling]

53. Me too.

It's one of the most honest, spot-on assessments I've ever read from a lawmaker about the characteristics of the average Republican today. It probably felt liberating for him to write those sentences, even though their supposedly "tongue-in-cheek."

[windy252]

43. So this is

what I thought it was about. I think more Dems ought to be doing this. Not a bad idea.:thumbsup:

[swimboy]

44. Well, it IS a lifestyle choice.

:evilgrin:

[johnfunk]

47. Their lifestyle encourages selling out national security to terrorist pals

... not to mention letting special interests write legislation and thereby dictate our culture. They pissed away the Clinton Surplus. And how about lying an entire nation into a war?

These people are sick. They and their decadent, immoral culture of corruptuion must be stopped.

For the children!

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

[fshrink]

45. I like that! It might be anti-democratic but

where's democracy, really?

[Greeby]

46. ...................

:spray:

[Dr.Phool]

48. I posted this earlier

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=508865&mesg_id=508865

[rodeodance]

50. sure does it for me. te he

[bling bling]

52. This is great. Refreshing to see a Democrat being creative for a change.

I can't believe the Democrats don't do more of this. There is SO much material provided by the GOP to ridicule that it's almost maddening that the only people who usually take advantage of it are the comedians and political cartoonists.

The Dem strategy should definitely include using humor more often to appeal to the sensibilities of the average citizen.

[eddiebrowns]

58. Anyone have a clue who the 8 others are

who are helping Hood with this bill (isn't that an appropriate name for someone who wants to squash individual's rights?). I'd like to find out because I have a sneaking suspicion that the rep from my area is one of them.

[raggedcompany]

59. Let's be clear on this: the struggle for equal rights for homosexuals

is a struggle for civil rights of all people. If we do not support homosexuals, we might as well stop supporting blacks, women, etc.

[arealliberal]

60. Proving that the Ohio legislature has too much time on its hands.

[HughBeaumont]

61. Take a look at this la-la-LOOOOOSAH!

Rawn Hood. You're a dick.

So proud of being a Duh-HIGH-an. SO proud. Who the HELL let these intolerant backwoods bumpkin take over my state?

[Danmel]

62. That is a brilliant proposal

Now if only we could really do it! :)