Brownback puts hold on Judicial Nominee because she attended a [View All]

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commitment ceremony....

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/139

Four years ago, Janet Neff went to a lesbian "commitment ceremony" for her friend and next-door neighbor of more than two decades. Now, her nomination for a federal judgeship in Michigan is being blocked by religious zealot and right-winger Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) for no other reason than his homophobia

Janet Neff explained in October that the commitment ceremony did not purport to be a marriage, had no legal effect whatsoever, and that she did not preside or act in any official capacity. But that doesn't seem to be enough for Brownback, who is using Senate procedure to place a "hold" on her nomination. "What I want to know is what does it do to her look at the law?" he said yesterday.


I have a major problem with this... I attended several commitment ceremonies between same sex couples over the years... I was there to support their stability, their commitment, their love for each other...

These ceremonies had no legal standard but were conducted by Unitarian Universalist Ministers...

There is no there there...

Brownback is simply pandering to the religious zealots who can't even allow people who are in love with each other to commit to each other in a ceremony...