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Alabama's only out state representative, Patricia Todd, a Birmingham Democrat, posted a warning on her Facebook page to fellow lawmakers resisting a federal ruling overturning Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage:
“I will not stand by and allow legislators
to talk about ‘family values’ when they have affairs, and I know of many
who are and have,” she wrote. “I will call our elected officials who want
to hide in the closet out.”
Todd was responding to comments
from her fellow lawmakers after Friday’s decision by a federal judge to
overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriages.
“It is pretty well known that we have people in Montgomery who are or have had affairs …” Todd told the TimesDaily this morning. “I just want them to be careful what they’re saying, some of it might come back to stick on them.”
Todd said she hurt and angered by some of the remarks and backlash she has heard since Friday.
“But I know I’m on the side that is going to win and I’m sorry they’re so ignorant,” she said.
Several high-profile GOP leaders
have spoken out against the ruling, and Attorney General Luther Strange
asked the judge to stay her order until the U.S Supreme Court considers
gay marriage later this year.
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