January 27, 2015
Gay Ala. Rep Threatens to 'Out' Cheating Colleages
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It may be time for a good old fashioned outing.
Alabama's first openly gay state representative has issued a stern warning to her colleagues looking to fight to keep the state's recently overturned ban on same-sex marriage in place - either stop attacking gay people or if you're having an affair, she will out you to the public, Addicting Info reports.
Enraged by recent statements made by Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard calling on the Alabama legislature to encourage a vigorous appeals process of a federal judge's decision Friday that declared the state's Sanctity of Marriage Act unconstitutional, State Representative Patricia Todd (D - Birmingham) took to Facebook and issued the following warning:
"This (is) a time where you find out who are accepting, loving people. To say I am disappointed in Speaker Hubbard's comments and Attorney General Strange choice to appeal the decision is an understatement. I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about 'family values' when they have affairs, and I know of many who are and have. I will call our elected officials who want to hide in the closet OUT."
Todd's comments come in response to a statement made Friday by the Republican House Speaker Mike Hubbard where he promised that "The Legislature will encourage a vigorous appeals process, and we will continue defending the Christian conservative values that make Alabama a special place to live."
Todd declined to name anyone when was referring to in her Facebook post regarding affairs.
"Don't start throwing bricks at my window when yours is already cracked as well," Todd said in an interview Monday with AL.com.
As reported by the Associated Press Friday, U.S. District Callie V.S. Granade ruled Friday in favor of two Mobile women who sued to challenge Alabama's refusal to recognize their marriage performed in California.
Granade said a state statute and 2006 amendment to the Alabama Constitution were both in violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
On Monday State Attorney General Luther Strange's office filed notice with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying it would challenge the ruling.