Comments on: Why We May Never Know if Rep. Virginia Foxx Changed Her Mind on Matthew Shepard

By: Joanaroo

Joanaroo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:26:30 +0000

I’d be really interested in seeing the roll when this is put to the senate. Foxx wouldn’t know what a conscience was if it tried climbing in her head!

By: Todd Carter

Todd Carter — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:15:02 +0000

She isn’t interested in a conscience, you have to have a soul to even care about having one of those

By: GJR

GJR — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:59:55 +0000

@RichardR:
That’s of course true but for the new bill to get to the pres, they’d need a reconciled bill between House and Senate. Foxx will probably still vote no on the bill but she and other bigots could avoid having to give a reason. The true hurdle of course is getting it through the Senate.

By: petted

petted — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:51:52 +0000

By having it as an amendment it prevents anyone from throwing riders onto hate crimes legislation – if they attempted to pass it as a standalone the extremists could try the kill by filing to add a bunch of amendments to it – remember NH? We’re talking more ridiculous then the ones the governor wanted there (& yes it is ridiculous when the legislation requested already exists).

By: RichardR

RichardR — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:31:02 +0000

Foxx is a member of the house – she’s not a Senator. More Queerty journalistic sloppiness.

By: bobito

bobito — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:25 +0000

Virginia Foxx would have to HAVE a mind in order to change it.

By: MichaelDC

MichaelDC — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:38:53 +0000

Even if there’s a vote on the hate crimes bill as an amendment to another piece on Senate legislation there will still be a roll call vote on it and we’ll know where our elected leaders stand on equality.