Idaho county GOP leader supports gay rights bill, gets censured by party

[Newsjock]

Source: The Advocate

The chairman of the Latah County, Idaho, Republican Party has been censured by members of his party for voting in support of an antidiscrimination law as a Moscow City Council member.

Party precinct committee members voted 7-6 to censure Walter Steed for voting in favor of a law that would make it a misdemeanor offense to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The City Council passed the law unanimously April 1.

... The censure followed a no confidence vote after Steed supported a letter from the City Council to the Idaho state legislature with suggestions for preventing gun violence. Steed's term as chairman lasts through May 2014. He has said he will not resign.

Read more: http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/04/30/idaho-gop-leader-supports-gay-rights-bill-gets-censured-party

[MrSlayer]

1. The slightest amount of humanity gets you a reprimand.

I wish our party had the discipline they do. Any vote in favor of corporations over people or rich over workers should be dealt with severely.

We'd have no party left.