Instead of passing a budget, the California Legislature spent their last day in session before the weekend break debating a Father’s Day resolution written so as to offend fathers.
Christine Kehoe, the San Diego lesbian who ran for the Assembly after losing two bids for the Congress, wrote a resolution singling out several groups of people for praise – gay fathers, adoptive fathers, grandfathers who father grandchildren, and unwed fathers – but failed to recognize the good, old-fashioned man who marries the mother of his children before they’re born and stays married to her as long as she’s willing. The resolution was so contentious that only one Republican could bring himself to vote for it:
The final vote on HR 32 was 41-22, with 17 abstentions. All but one Republican — Keith Richman of Northridge — voted against the resolution, which was introduced by Assemblywoman Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, one of four openly gay Assembly members.
Critics complained that HR 32 did not specifically single out “traditional fathers” — using the term “biological” fathers instead — and that the resolution went too far by citing categories of non-traditional fathers.
Now what do you suppose would happen if the next time the Legislature wanted to honor mothers or gays, the Republicans wrote a resolution honoring those who smoke crack, turn tricks, serve time in prison, rape or abuse children, just in the name of being “inclusive?”
This kind of legislative trolling is among the main reasons I hate California Democrats, even though I was a Democrat for 30 years. Some things are not meant to be political, and the Father’s Day Resolution is one of them.
Right on, bro!