Republican Sen. Jon Husted, 2010 candidate for Secretary of State.
I’m not real interested right now in getting in the middle of the whole Garrison-Ohio blogosphere fiasco, but I did want to point out one spot where Tim Russo and Outlook publisher Michael Daniels are just wrong.
Russo concludes his recent piece:
Daniels really doesn’t want to endorse a Republican in fall 2010, but if Brown loses to Garrison, all bets are off. The likely Republican nominee for Secretary of State will be former House Speaker John Husted. Husted fought a gay adoption ban, and voted the same way on DOMA as Hollister in 2003, the vote which Garrison used against Hollister to get into the House. With some regret, but no hesitation, Daniels says of his magazine, and the gay community at large, “In a Garrison vs. Husted race, we will endorse Husted.”
Unfortunately, Husted did no such thing. Then-Rep. Nancy Hollister was one of 23 House members to vote against the state’s DOMA bill — and the only Republican.
Here’s my old Law Dork post from December 10, 2003:
Ohio “Super-DOMA” Passes House
I am told . . . that H.B. 272, Ohio’s Defense of Marriage Act, passed the House tonight, 69-23, after passing unanimously out of the Juvenile and Family Law Committee on Tuesday.
UPDATE: [T]he vote:
Those voting against the measure were: Allen, Barrett, Beatty, Brown, Carano, Chandler, Hollister, Jerse, Koziura, Mason, Miller, Otterman, Patton S., Perry, Redfern, Skindell, Smith S., Stewart D., Strahorn, Sykes, Ujvagi, Woodard, Yates.
Not voting were: Aslanides, Boccieri, Callender, Evans D., Husted, Stewart J., Widowfield.
All the rest voted YES.
So, Husted did not vote either “yes” or “no” on the state’s DOMA bill. Whether this was because he was not there or because he just didn’t want to vote on the measure, the fact remains that he did not vote the same way as Hollister.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found
Did the Geidner ever take an English class? “Real interested”? How about “I’m not REALLY interested”? I guess they don’t teach the basics in backwards Youngstown. Too busy creating corrupt politicians (e.g. Mark Dann, Jim Traficant)
Really? Way to focus on the substance there, buddy. In any event, I like how in three comments you’re yet to comment in any substantive way on anything I’ve written, other than “the opinion of the pollster and Dispatch differ from your opinion and thus you’re a ‘moron’” and “haha, you used poor grammar in an off-hand intro to a substantive correction.”
My other substantive point was that the Anti-Geidner does not have a huge belly like the Geidner.
Don’t censor Geidner!
I grow weary of your irrelevant comments that are neither civil nor of substance. Go write on LiveJournal if you want to do that. Any substantive comment you have is fine. I direct you here for further reading.
Additionally, I appreciate your plea that I remain uncensored. As I am certain you’re aware, that is the meaning of your comment, “Don’t censor Geidner!”