Fucker shouldna been a judge in the 1st place.

If they filled the vacant seat with a homosexual judge

He knew he was bigoted and tried to be fair .......... which is a good thing

If the court had more than one judge, the LGBTQ parents could appear before a judge who would treat them fairly. This guy would get assigned other cases to balance out the workload. He'd still be setting a bad example of bigotry, but there is something to be said for the open admission of bigotry.

My inference from the article is that he was the only family court judge in the county. His recusals, therefore, couldn't be handled by reassigning the cases. Per the article, "Gay and lesbian parents would have to get the county court to hire a special judge to handle their cases." That might mean a judge less familiar with the law governing family court issues. It would certainly mean that some pandering politician would complain that the county taxpayers were being burdened to provide "special rights" to some people. Under those circumstances, his resignation is the best solution.

at least TRY to 'do the right thing' afa 'justice' is concerned by attempting to recuse himself from cases involving LGBT folks, cases he admits he cannot hear impartially.

It's as 'fair' of a compromise to a complex situation as can be reasonably expected ... at least in a Red area.

At the same time I just can't help but laugh at these assholes who try to pretend that 'religious reasons' actually 'justify' their hate and bigotry. Or funnier still ... that they try to convince us they're OBLIGED to be bigots ... LOLOLOLOL.

Fact is, their 'Bible' is filled with horrific violence, revenge-porn, and so much TERRIBLE advice it's pathetic. 99% of which these same people simply ignore on a daily basis because they realize it's friggin' stupid, outdated and just plain wrong ... but somehow they've not figured out that if 99% is crap, pretty decent chance that it's actually ALL CRAP.

I'm talking about things like, I dunno ... that a MAN is justified in killing his wife if she's unfaithful, and in murdering his children if they fail to properly 'respect him' ... or killing his new bride (who was likely to be 11-13 years old at the time their Holy Book was written) if it turned out she's misrepresented herself as a 'virgin' at the time of the wedding.

Even this ridiculous Book of theirs basically puts 'being gay' the same level of 'sin' as 'eating shellfish' and 'wearing clothing of mixed threads' ... and yet they expect us to believe it's just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUKCING IMPORTANT to them that people 'not be gay' cause 'The Book'. Why isn't this shitbird recusing himself from hearing cases re: Shellfish Consumers, and people who buy clothing at Ross, I wonder?

What's so friggin' important about the written words of uneducated wandering desert nomads who lived 2000 years ago, people who knew SFA about ANYTHING?

If you think about it, an average 4th grader of today has an almost infinitely greater understanding of the realities of 'life' and 'the Universe' than ANYONE who put a pen to paper in writing the so-called 'Holy Bible'.

If you could put a random fourth grader from 2017 back in Biblical Times he/she'd have ended up celebrated and revered like 1000x more than Jesus, mark my words. Their 'wisdom' would've ASTOUNDED people back then. But we're supposed to believe ... what ... those folks had everything 'figured out'? PFFFFT. They didn't know SHIT back then ... so adhering to their 'opinions' nowadays ... pretty much makes you a moron.

If you couldn't already tell ... I really hate people who try to justify their bigotry and hate ... by leveraging
'Religious Freedom'. Frankly ... F everyone who attempts to do so. Go be 'religious' in the privacy of your friggin' HOME, that's what 'homes' ... are for.

BTW ... Jesus? ... He would HATE YOUR ASS, Mitch. You've completely perverted his message, and used it to justify a behavior that He expressed SO MANY TIMES ... that He was opposed to.

You should be ashamed, Mitch ...

You write that 99% of it is "friggin' stupid, outdated and just plain wrong ...." I'm not religious but I'd put that percentage somewhat lower. Consider the Sermon on the Mount. We might as well consider it because the right-wing religious fundies never do. I think the hypocrisy here is even more blatant than the way they ignore all the foolishness in Leviticus (shellfish bad, slavery good, etc.).

That said, I should've specified that I was primarily referring to the 'Old' Testament ... the 'New' one at least has a modicum of what I'd consider 'good advice' ... most of which, as you allude to ... most fundies these days do an even better job of ignoring.

I agree with you that the Old Testament has a higher bullshit proportion than the New Testament. Even as to the Old Testament, I think 99% bullshit is probably too high. After all, Ecclesiastes provided Pete Seeger with the lyrics for "Turn! Turn! Turn!" That alone is worth something.

which religion takes precedence, you could easily say that my religion says that same sex couples are OK and that you are violating my sincerely held religious beliefs . In other words keep your religion to your self

another senator

I'm sure he'll be careful to curtail his wide-stance activities until his next campaign is over.

Don't let the door hit you where the Flying Spaghetti Monster split 'ya!

What a douche nozzle.

good riddance

similar to that Kim Davis lady. So, he does get some credit for that, and also for recognizing his bigotry wouldn't allow his simple reptilian brain to be fair and impartial.

Not that any of that makes up for his backward bigotry.

Darn good parents to children who are handicapped and abandoned by their straight parents.

good riddance

If you can't do your job, resign. The man is entitled to his beliefs, however he should not use a position of authority to enforce them. I wish more people had this sort of minimal integrity.

-- Mal