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At a hearing on a proposal to ban domestic-partner registries this morning, Sen. Curt Bramble cut off SLC Mayor Ralph Becker at the two-minute limit. Bramble graciously let Becker finish his sentence, then joked that the mayor's pile of documents had given him a scare. He thought Becker "was going to be filibuster on the bill."Everyone chuckled, except Sen. Scott McCoy, standing in a far corner of the room. The Senate's only openly gay member had his own one-liner response to Bramble's filibustering joke:
"Not yet."Soon after, Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka gave her predictable speech about the city's domestic partner registry being a threat to America. For the occasion, Gayle wore a gun-metal blue patriotic-themed sweater, complete with a colonial American flag across the back. On closer examination, it appears the quilter was no Betsy Ross — Ol' Glory only has eight stars.
The United States had 13 original colonies, as any International Baccalaureate student can tell you. So why eight stars? It's all too clear.
The stars, I suggest, represent the Chicago Eight, who were charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot in connection with the 1968 Democratic National Convention that brought about the end of Democratic control of the White House.
Or maybe Gayle had run out of white gingham.
Updated with new photo.
5 Comments:
Even if you don't agree with Gayle Ruzicka's views, you can still treat her with respect. Why the hell are you making fun of her sweater! Have you given up any pretense of being a journalist just because you're on a blog? You don't need to imitate people who blog everything which comes to their mind.
Be a man! Apologize to your readers!
Gayle Ruzicka is such a caricature, the only thing you can do is poke fun at her. Her views are so outrageous, out-of-touch, and ignorant that one can't -- nay shouldn't -- treat her seriously. Neither she nor her supporters behave respectfully toward those they dislike. She represents a frantic, mean-spirited fringe and has no business getting to speak at the senate. We need more laughing and social ostracism directed at people like this rather than what has prevailed in the past, a too respectful treatment of views that should not be tolerated in a civilized society...or any society.
I don't care for Gayle Ruzicka or her positions, but I've never seen such a hateful diatribe as the string of articles in this blog.
This isn't news, this is an embarrassment. Mr. Warchol should be ashamed of his behavior.
Why should anyone in Utah treat her with respect when she treats those with whom she disagrees like trash or enemies of the state? That this bigoted woman has such access to the Utah legislature should be a scandal. The picture of her on the front page of the TRIB today (2/29/08) says it all: the face of Utah hate and bigotry.
Anonymous1, why don't you be a man (or a woman) and use your name?
Sounds like you might love to read a pandering article on Gayle: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595103090,00.html
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