In his 1989 inauguration speech, George H.W. Bush famously said, “America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.”
Marc Molinaro, the Republican candidate for Congress in CD-19, does not take that message to heart. Although he likes to present himself as a moderate, his voting history says otherwise. Over the years, he has voted against legislation prohibiting discrimination in wages based on gender, race, and national origin, protecting same-sex marriage, and prohibiting domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms. But perhaps the most telling window into his values is the vote he cast in 2009 on Assembly Bill S.1290-A.A/3373-A, which prohibited the use of shackles and restraints on incarcerated women in labor and which passed 61-0 in the Senate and 119-21 in the Assembly.
What were you afraid of, Mr. Molinaro, in voting against this bill? That these women would leap off the table and take flight? That they might jump bail? Or was it just a profound disregard for women or, for that matter, people in general? That same kind of disregard is making women throughout the country today carry dead fetuses and suffer from untreated miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.
Despite the divides that exist among us, I still hope for a kinder, gentler nation and will support candidates who embrace the potential and humanity of all people.
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