Are you still trying to figure out which of the conservative Wyoming state lawmakers trying to push through a ban on recognizing out-of-state gay marriage you can’t stand the most? Do I have a candidate for you! His name is Rep. Frank Peasley, he is a Republican, and he needs a Foursquare “Bigot” badge. Yesterday on the House floor, Peasley argued there was nothing bad about keeping the “traditional” definition of marriage, because giving gays rights would be akin to letting big government infringe on yet another private matter! “I think all this is, is an outpost in culture that says, ‘Listen, I feel like you’re destroying everything else that I have,’” Peasley told his colleagues. “You’ve gotten involved in the raising of my children, the way I discipline them, the way I feed them, whether or not I can smoke in the car, whether or not I have them properly equipped; you’ve just gotten into my life so much, let’s just let me define the relationship I’m in, OK?” I’ve been waiting so long for somebody to make the “marriage is just like regulating nicotine addiction” argument! Alas, apparently it worked: The House passed the bill in the first of three necessary votes.
Francis
Yup. Marriage equality=destruction of everything and anything heterosexuals stand for. That’s exactly it.
Interesting how he says the government controls his life yet he wants to control the lives of LGBT individuals, by………..yes, you guessed it, using the government.
justiceontherocks
Another republican who wants to expand the role of government.
Steve
We’re defining his relationship? While he bitches about how ours don’t exist or aren’t worthy? What a cunt.
Schteve
Having same-sex marriage legal wouldn’t at all dictate what he can legally call his relationship. Conversely, keeping it banned would prevent other people from legally calling their relationships what they want.
Clearly he’s a bit confused.
Tony
This is the email I sent him, here is his email… [email protected]
Frank Peasley on HB 74:
“All this is, is an outpost in culture that says, ‘I feel like you’re destroying everything else that I have. You’ve gotten involved in the raising of my children, the way I discipline them, the way I feed them, whether I can smoke in the car, whether or not I have them properly equipped; you’ve gotten into my life so much, let’s just let me define the relationship I’m in, OK?”
Really? In what way would allowing gay married couples to keep their married status in Wyoming change your definition of your relationship? Please enlighten me. When blacks were legally allowed to marry whites did it change the definition of couples relationships that were already married? If so how? Please explain your statement because to do otherwise will lead me to believe you are not intelligent enough to form a basic logical argument or thought. If this is a misquote or misstatement that is understandable. If this is pandering to the base that is just sad. If this is indeed how you feel and you are unable to articulate how it makes any logical sense then you should be removed from office because otherwise that statement, in my opinion, is indefensible.
justiceontherocks
@Tony: Fine. Who’s going to read it to him and translate the two syllable words?
the crustybastard
REPRESENTATIVE FRANK PEASLEY: I went to a lot of trouble to get a government job so I could make the point the government is useless and untrustworthy.
Okay, what’s so funny?