By now, everyone knows Iowa has had it's gay marriage ban struck down by its Supreme Court as a discriminatory law. Conservatives, long the champions of states rights, are ecstatic. Yeah sure they are. I can hear the voices in their heads myself they're so loud.Over here across the Mighty Mo we have a state attorney general named Jon Bruning. In college, Mr.Bruning was a liberal voice against Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority who wrote his opinions in a local daily. He even had a run in or two with the law. But, of course that was back when Bruning was young and unaware of the advantages of cynical conservative conversion.
Bruning grew into his 30's and decided he liked the relative safety of sucking off the taxpayers by running for office, as a Republican of course. After a short stay in the Unicameral, Nebraska's version of Rock of Love, Bruning went for the Attorney General's office and because of that (R) next to his name he won.
I wouldn't say Bruning is a terrible Attorney General, but that's only because he followed the worst AG of all time, Don Stenberg. So he's just lousy. Some here in Nebraska say he spends more time in the grandstand than the hot dog vendors.
Well let's go over the Bruning resume'. He once, in response to Massachusetts legalizing gay marriage exclaimed "Does that mean you have to allow a man to marry his pet or a man to marry his chair?" He campaigned for Amendment 416, a horrid amendment to the farce they call the Nebraska Constitution (which STILL forbids the teaching of German due to that creep, The Kaiser) which forbids gay marriage AND partnerships of any kind by same sex couples.
Bruning also doesn't like older men, say 18, from hooking up with children, say 15 year old girls. Once, a 21 year old man with learning disabilities went to Kansas with his 15 year old girlfriend and married her. When they came back to Nebraska, Bruning had the guy tossed in jail for sexual assault of a minor.
When Carter Lake, Iowa allowed the Ponca Indian Tribe buy up land to put in a casino, legal under Iowa law, Bruning sued to stop the Indians from fleecing the white man out of his wampum (though there's three casinos owned by palefaces within walking distance from downtown Omaha). AND HE FREAKING WON!
So watch out, Iowa. Jon Bruning doesn't like your laws over in Iowa, he will sue you to keep your wretched excesses out of Nebraska, where all is pure, like the meth.
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I can't believe he can do that across the border!?! There's no end of the reach of stupidity is there? (much like the anonymous post before mine)
The conservative homophobes are sooooo hypocritical! They loudly proclaim their support for America being the "land if the free" yet they apparently only want laissez-faire freedom in economic circles. They are far more authoritarian when it comes to social freedom, where they demand conformity and compliance with their rigid and narrow authoritarian code. Homosexuality or sexual practices in general should not even be dealt with by the state, except perhaps to protect children or others from unwarranted sexual advances. But two consenting adults should be left alone and never be persecuted. Conservatives should quit playing holier than thou and just mind their own damn business!
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