Politician of the Week

Ohio State Senator Robert F. Hagan.

He is the hands down winner of the week. In response to the adoption restriction bill that was recently introduced in the Ohio House [see my post from February 17, Bills Pending in Ohio], Senator Hagan sent out what is being called a "mock memo."

The subject of the memo was "Co-Sponsorship Request." The first line:

I intend to introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters from adopting children or acting as foster parents.

Hagan goes on to say that children raised in Republican households are "more at risk for developing emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, an alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves, and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."

A quick google search will find more fun quotes from the memo. It's interesting, I laughed when I read it, yet at the same time it made me really sad. That the House bill has been introduced is just... well, disgusting, really.

I love that Senator Hagan sent this out. What a fantastic way for him to make his point!

He is not, by the way, alone in his feelings about the House bill. Not by a long shot. Even some of the more conservative papers in the state have printed editorials and such slamming the adoption restriction bill.

There are just too many kids out there in need of good, safe, supportive homes. To further restrict the homes, the parents, available to them because of intolerance, dislike, fear is simply unconscionable.

So three cheers to Senator Hagan this week, he deserves it.