Has Illegal Sex Become the Norm?
Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 6, 2011
By Sue Ella Deadwyler
Good morning, Jim. Is illegal sex the new norm? It must be, since the British weren’t the least bit embarrassed to announce, just before the royal wedding, that William and Kate have lived together for years. Some say, times have changed, but have they REALLY? The sun comes up in the morning and sets in the afternoon. The moon shines at night and the sun comes up again.
Times, per se, have not changed, but attitudes have. During this year’s session, I was the only person speaking against a bill that allows teenagers to earn money in pornography and penalty-free prostitution and was stunned to learn H.B. 200 was part of the new Attorney General’s legislative agenda. The bill passed, not because times changed, but because attitudes changed.
When the President said the Justice Department would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Republicans in Congress hired former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement to defend the case in court. When Congress hired him, Clement was an attorney with the law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta. However, the firm dropped the case under pressure from homosexual activist groups and Clement either left or was fired by King & Spalding, so he could honor his commitment to Congress by defending DOMA.
That brings me to H.B. 630 introduced March 31st by Representative Karla Drenner. Her bill would elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights status. If H.B. 630 passes, homosexual males and females, bisexuals and transgenders (accomplished surgically or by cross-dressing) would be added to race, color, sex, religion and national origin, as civil rights classes worthy of special protection. The current five groups with civil rights status have specific protection in the U.S. constitution, but sexual behavior is not a protected class in the constitution. H.B. 630 would pave the way for affirmative action based on sexual orientation and gender identity in every job even minutely supported by tax money. That includes public schools and daycare. Are you ready for that? We have until 2012 to stop H.B. 630. Among the bill’s 70 co-signers are 12 Republicans. So, we can begin by asking Republicans to take their names off the bill and then work on the 58 Democrats. Let’s do it! The names of the 12 Republicans, their districts, home towns, and local numbers for phones and faxes are as follows:
District, Capitol Phone & Local Phone
174 — Ellis Black, Valdosta; 404 656-0287; 229 251-0303
41 — Sharon Cooper, Marietta; 404 656-5069; 770 951-2841, fax 770 956-9693
48 — Harry Geisinger, Roswell; 404 656-0254; 678 777-6010, fax 770 594-1510
149 — Gerald Greene, Cuthbert; 404 656-0202; 229 732-2750
118 — Ben Harbin, Evans; 404 656-3949; 706 869-1953, fax 706 863-8959
80 — Mike Jacobs, Atlanta; 404 656-0152; 404 441-0583
29 — Alan Powell, Hartwell; 404 656-0202; 706 376-4422
129 — Kip Smith, Columbus; 404 656-0213; 706 315-8532
131 — Richard Smith, Columbus; 404 656-6831; 706 442-3480
164 — Ron Stephens, Savannah; 404 656-5099; 912 966-5665, fax 912 964-9699
49 — Wendell Willard, Sandy Springs; 404 656-5125; 770 481-7100, fax 770 481-7111
4 — Roger Williams, Dalton; 404 656-3904; 706 278-0390
For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.