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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSusana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Loses A Hairstylist Over Gay Marriage Stance
Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Loses A Hairstylist Over Gay Marriage Stance
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/susana-martinez-new-mexico_n_1293384.html
WASHINGTON -- The frontiers of the gay marriage debate keep on expanding.
On Tuesday, Governor Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) lost a hairstylist who refused to clip her locks out of disgust with her opposition to marriage equality.
Antonio Darden, who had cut Martinez's hair on three occasions and runs Antonio's Hair Studio in Santa Fe, N.M., re-crafted the notion of civil disobedience when he declined to accept an appointment.
"The governor's aides called not too long ago, wanting another appointment to come in," Darden told a local news station. "Because of her stances and her views on this I told her aides no. They called the next day, asking if I'd changed my mind about taking the governor in and I said no again
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Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Loses A Hairstylist Over Gay Marriage Stance (Original Post)
LynneSin
Feb 2012
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Good for him! I hope equality supporters start scheduling appointments with him.
LonePirate
Feb 2012
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. Good - but really? They called the next day?
How tacky.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)2. Good for him! I hope equality supporters start scheduling appointments with him.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Hee-hee!
Her roots are going to show!
Missy Vixen
(16,207 posts)4. Ahhh, the law of unintended consequences
Have fun getting an appointment with any salon owner in the state that supports marriage equality, Governor Martinez!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)5. I would have given her the appointment on the second call.
Then I would ask her if she liked her mokawk.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)6. bonus points if he makes it a rainbow colored mohawk
longship
(40,416 posts)7. Even better...
Rainbow-colored negative Mohawk.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)8. ah ha ha
OMG can't stop laughing. She is part of the clown car after all.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)9. Be Prepared. Next time you see her on the TeeVee, she's gonna have BIG hair. nt
nmbluesky
(2,561 posts)10. He was my old neighbor
He was a nice man. He and his partner adopt son. he own hair shop near his house.
Good for him!!!!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)11. Is Ron Paul doing the jerk off motion