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Old 02-21-2011, 05:54 PM   #13023
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by RainMaker View Post
Just looked it up and it is real. Bobby Franklin is the guy's name.

Was he joking or being sarcastic and it got taken out of context? A miscarriage is a traumatizing event and I couldn't fathom putting a woman through an investigation into it and questioning.

Most likely serious. He definitely wasn't my first suspect, Mullis is an extremely Christian right guy but this sounded up his alley to me somehow.

Franklin (R-Marietta) is actually better known lately for things such as "bills requiring the exclusive use of gold and silver as tender in payment of debts by or to the state; a bill seeking to eliminate crop management regulations; another bill banning forced vaccinations; a bill to stop the collection of the Georgia income tax; another to stop all property taxes and yet another to end eminent domain."

He seems to have become a rather odd mix of extreme religious right AND extreme libertarianism. Imagine Ron Paul crossed with Pat Robertson if you can. I suspect he's going for the title of "Author of Most Bills That Never Get Out of Committee" this year.
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