Md. governor cans Metro appointee for anti-gay remark

[davidinalameda]

http://washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=7537

Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich on June 15 replaced his state's representative on the board of directors of the D.C. area Metro subway and bus system after news surfaced that Robert J. Smith referred to gay men and lesbians as "sexual deviants."

"Robert Smith's comments were highly inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable," the Republican governor said in a statement released by his office.

"They are in direct conflict to my administration's commitment to inclusiveness, tolerance and opportunity," the governor said.

Ehrlich's decision to replace Smith, an architect and Republican Party activist from Montgomery County, came less than four hours after D.C. Council member Jim Graham demanded Smith's resignation over the remark.

we need less people like Mr. Smith

there's a Mr. Smith isn't going to Washington joke here

[Erika]

1. Sexual deviants?

Give me a break. Are they talking about Newt Gingrich or whom?

[NMMNG]

2. Bravo

:applause:

It's nice to see swift action against homophobic jagoffs like that.

[hraka]

6. Love your signature line!

[nofurylike]

3. wow. i am most pleasantly surprised! thank you posting, dwickham! eom

[thrift_store_angel]

4. Election year is upon us.....

He is a republican governor running for re-election in a democratic state that he only won in the first place because the democratic candidate in the last election ran such a horrible campaign. His competition this time is much better and he is worried. This is the same governor who vetoed 3 out of 4 bills in 2005 that would have helped advance l/g/b/t rights in Md.

[hraka]

5. I took a test for a job once

(1990) that asked if I'd ever been involved in deviant sexual behavior. I said, "Define deviant" because what is deviant for me or you isn't - well, you get it. It was to see how honestly I answered the questions - you know, was I just trying to second guess the test? The look on the guy's face when I asked the question, oh, it was priceless.