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.
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Exactly,
And I find it amusing that Republicans, who when conservative nominees were up for the Supreme Court, insisted that the nominees could avoid answering questions on cases they might rule on, now insist that Neff answer questions about gay rights.
Is the war not more important than who a woman is friends with and how supports her friends?
As a Kansan, I’m speaking from experience: Sam Brownback is not fit to be president.