But remember…..Republicans are the party of “responsible government” and “family values!”
A Michigan state representative distributed a fake e-mail that suggested he had sex with a male prostitute so he could hide his relationship with another Republican state representative who is also a home-schooling mom, according to the Detroit News. Both lawmakers are Christian conservatives who frequently refer to their faith.
State Rep. Todd Courser, a married father of four, said in an audio recording that the e-mail was intended to create a “complete smear campaign” of false claims so that a public revelation about his relationship with state Rep. Cindy Gamrat would seem “mild by comparison.”
The Detroit News interviews suggested that the freshman representatives used their taxpayer-funded offices to maintain and cover up their relationship. The newspaper describes the two as “socially conservative legislators who often invoke their Christian faith in pursuit of new legislation governing gun rights, abortion and marriage.” They found support through tea-party activism and formed their own legislative coalition.
Some background on Rep. Courser and his honey:
http://bridgemi.com/2015/04/todd-courser-hits-lansing-like-a-cannonball/
Sue, thanks, that’s a terrific read.
Despite all his posturing about his faith in “our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” he missed the Seventh Commandment: “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery.”
John C,
It depends on the translations used by the readers, obviously those commandments you refer to are most certainly labeled in the other “official” translation as the, “Ten Recommendations.”
I’ll wager some fun could be had reading what some BB creative minds might offer as “revised,” statutes befitting the conservative biblical rulebook they claim to cherish so.
Coveting thy neighbors’ goods, bearing false witness, false gods, where to begin?
We should not be too quick to judge these two folks, obviously they were just extending their overwhelming capacity to love thy neighbor (in the legislative chambers).