The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Senator Sam Brownback, having been rebuked by constitutional scholars for trying a complicated promised recusal scheme with a judicial nominee, now wants to bring Janet Neff back to the committee:

In Iowa on Tuesday to meet with GOP activists, Brownback said he only wants a chance to question Neff about her role in the 2002 ceremony. Brownback also wants a recorded vote in the Senate.

“I am not opposed to her getting a vote,” Brownback said before a lunch with potential donors and supporters in Davenport. “I would like her to come back through committee so she can testify what took place, factually … her legal views on same-sex marriage and her ability and willingness to be impartial.”

Neff has said she attended the commitment ceremony as a friend of one of the two women, a longtime neighbor.

Brownback needs to stop using this woman as a political cudgel and let the nomination forward. Let’s get this straight. She once attended the commitment ceremony of a longtime friend and neighbor. Once. For a friend and neighbor. Whoop-de-freakin-do.

So does Brownback think Neff caught the gay virus at the ceremony? Was the punch spiked with a gay mind control potion? How ridiculous can you get?

News flash to Senator Brownback. Being compassionate and supporting your friend by attended a non-binding ceremony in still A-OK in this country. Get over it.