http://www.politicsla.com/columns/richey/2005/may/050605.htm"A legislator’s biggest fear is that the people back home, especially friends, will find out how he or she has been voting on common sense issues in the legislature. These include votes for higher taxes, for expanding gambling, for special treatment of homosexuals, for supporting the culture of death, for voting against the defense of traditional marriage, and voting for bars near churches. Common sense.
Louisiana Family Forum Action, the advocacy arm of Louisiana Family Forum, graded the 2004 Legislature on these exact votes and put the legislative rankings on its website, www.lafamilyforum.org. You can imagine that there was a great deal of teeth grinding and gnashing by many legislators perusing the scorecard to determine their ranking.
Eleven legislators scored a perfect 100% (Outstanding Family Advocates) and about fifteen legislators scored 0% (Hall of Shame). You’d be surprised who some of these folks are. The “bell curve” was in play here with everyone else fitting in between. Unfortunately, more were on the lower end (needs improvement) than on the higher (honorable mention) end."
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