Monday, February 27, 2006

State Senator Plans Republican Adoption Ban Bill

(Link) Moved by the torment of young constituents who were adopted by Republicans, Ohio Senator Robert Hagan hopes to ban the practice -- citing a colleague's anti-gay adoption bill as inspiration.
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LNewsEditor said...

JIC Post:
To: All Senate Members

From: Senator Robert Hagan

Re: Co-Sponsorship Request

I intend 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. Policymakers in Columbus have ignored this growing threat to our communities for far too long. My legislation is modeled after a bill recently introduced in the Ohio House by Rep. Ron Hood (R-Ashville via Carrollton), which would prohibit homosexual, bisexual and transgender people from adopting children. It is unclear at this point whether Rep. Hood supports my legislation, though I remain hopeful.

Credible research exists that strongly suggests that adopted children raised in Republican households, though significantly wealthier than their Democrat-raised counterparts, are more at risk for developing emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, an alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves, and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities.

In addition, I have spoken to many adopted children raised in Republican households who have admitted that, ``Well, it's just plain boring most of the time.'' In fact, one adopted child raised in a fiercely partisan Republican household in suburban Cincinnati described his upbringing as ``18 years of hellish terror.'' ``A nightmare I haven't yet awoken from,'' said a 25-year-old Republican adoptee that chose to remain nameless.

If you are interested in co-sponsoring this legislation, please feel free to contact my office.

[Editor's Note: Visit his official website at http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_33.html and send him a thank you note for having a sense of humor!]

2/27/2006 10:43 AM
Anonymous said...

This is freaking high-larious. More power to him, I'd vote and donate if I were a constituent of his.

3/01/2006 8:24 AM
Anonymous said...

Asshole.

3/01/2006 9:33 AM
Anonymous said...

Sometimes I am sad to be from Ohio....

3/01/2006 9:47 AM

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