Id Quod Circumiret

...circumveniat. It would serve the Rethugs right to get a taste of their own medicine, although I doubt that anything will make them see the log in their own eye.

Lawmaker's proposal: Bar Republicans from adopting

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.

"We need to see what we are doing," said Hagan, who called Hood's
proposed bill blatantly discriminatory and extremely divisive. Hagan
called Hood and the eight other conservative House Republicans who
backed the anti-gay adoption bill "homophobic."

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