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http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/staffer_for_anti_gay_pro_family_us_congressman_arrested_on_17_counts_of_child_sex_crimes"Upon learning of his arrest, the Office immediately placed Mr. Pennell on Leave Without Pay until further notice," Huelskamp chief of staff Mark Kelly said in a statement. "Because this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to provide further comment at this time."...
Rep. Huelskamp was declared the most anti-gay member of Congress in 2012, and has been pushing a bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
In 2013, an aide to Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee was arrested on child pornography charges. Police found hundreds of videos in the home of Jesse Ryan Loskarn, who later died by suicide.
I'm shocked. Shocked.
Archae
(46,343 posts)There are people who had no idea the nice young man next door named Ted Bundy was a crazed sex murderer.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)He deserves as much of this tar to stick to him as possible.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)As the author of his states constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, during his previous tenure as a state senator, his anti-gay fervor in Washington is not unexpected. In his first 18 months, he has authored an amendment to ban a directive that allows military chaplains to voluntarily solemnize same-sex unions, an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, and a bill to ban the use of military facilities for any same-sex unions. He also co-sponsored three measures to criticize the Obama administration for not defending the Defense of Marriage Act, to direct the Speaker of the House to defend the law instead, and to delay implementation of the Dont Ask Dont Tell repeal.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/06/26/506455/the-7-most-anti-gay-us-representatives/
So pardon me if I take a pass and let others provide any fairness he might have coming. I think it would be fair to find every photo of the accused and Tim and plaster them over a list of the charges on every front page in America.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Huelskamp might be an arsehole, but that does not mean he's a kiddie-porner.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you what you are.