Rep. Chris Smith Brought Up Orphanages After Same-Sex Parenting Question

[brooklynite]

Source: Roll Call

The recording, reportedly taken on May 29 at Colts Neck High School in Central New Jersey, was obtained by the Washington Blade, an LGBT news source based in Washington, D.C.

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Another student asked Smith what made “others” better candidates for adoption than gay couples.

That’s when Smith suggested alternatives existed to gay couples adopting children, including orphanages.

“Somebody mentioned orphanages before,” Smith said in the recording. “I mean, orphanages are still a possibility for some kids.”


Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/rep-chris-smith-brought-up-orphanages-after-same-sex-parenting-question?utm_source=just-in&utm_medium=email

[Initech]

1. So much for "do unto others".

[PatSeg]

2. Or how about workhouses?

Anything would be better than god forbid, a same-sex couple and a loving home!

This guy is a throwback to the Dickens era. What a mindless, stupid thing to say.

[NNadir]

3. He's thankfully not my Congress person but is...

...as much of an embarrassment to New Jersey as Chris Christie was.

There is talk here of Democrats sweeping the NJ Congressional delegation.

It would be really cool if that happened.

[weissmam]

4. two words

as- w-ole

[ArizonaLib]

5. This was also in a Murphy Brown episode in 1995

It was the episode where Stuart Best (guest starring Wallace Shawn) is elected as an Arizona congressman and the FYI cast goes to a Republican social event. When Frank asks one of the loony Republicans (they are all loony) about single parents, the Republican talks about how great orphanages are for children.