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Conservatives are calling on Roy Ashburn to resign his seat in the
California Senate after admitting he's ....
“Roy Ashburn should resign,” Randy Thomasson, president of the
Christian-based SaveCalifornia.com, said in a statement released
Tuesday. “His lying, cheating ways have boiled over and the public's
trust has been shattered.”
Ashburn's .uality came under close scrutiny after the Republican
lawmaker was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving Wednesday morning in
Sacramento. A local television station reported that an unidentified man
was in the car with Ashburn, who had that night been at Faces, a popular
... bar. Openly ... West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon said
Ashburn was a regular at ... nightspots throughout the city. After being
freed on a $1,400 bond, Ashburn issued an apology, then went into
seclusion.
On Monday, Ashburn came clean, telling conservative talk show host Inga
Banks: “I am ....”
“And so, those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so
long,” he added.
Following the arrest, many ... activists called the 55-year-old
politician a hypocrite for his staunch record of opposing ... rights,
which includes voting against ... marriage, rights for transgender
people and recognition of Harvey Milk Day, in memory of San Francisco's
first openly ... politician.
Thomasson called Ashburn “dramatically out of step with his
constituents” because he has “openly identified with the 'LGBT'
[..., ..., Bi.ual, Transgender] lifestyle.”
“Demonstrating himself to be self-serving,” Thomasson added, “Ashburn
has proven himself untrustworthy as a public servant.”
Ashburn, who is a father of four, divorced his wife in 2003.
Nevertheless, Thomasson listed infidelity as another reason for calling
for his resignation: “He vowed to be faithful to his wife, then broke
his vows when he chose homo.uality over his marriage.”
And he called Ashburn “mistaken” about being ...: “No one is truly '...'
because the so-called '... gene' does not exist. What's more, there are
thousands of Americans who formerly engaged in homo.ual behavior who
have gotten help and have left their unnatural lifestyle behind.”
Thomasson was making a reference to reparative therapy, a controversial
treatment that promises to turn ... people straight.
Ashburn also defended his anti-... record in the Senate, saying, “I felt
my duty, and I still feel this way, is to represent my constituents,”
during Monday's interview. |
