Ohio state senator Robert Hagan proposed a bill to ban republicans from adopting children last Friday in a brilliant maneuver in the legislative process. Hagan said he wanted 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." I don't actually support the idea of republicans not being able to adopt, and Hagan doesn't either, which is why the bill is so ingenious.
In a time where almost everything about the law making process is formalized to the point where it is considered rude to express your feelings about another lawmakers ideas, Hagan is using the legislative process to give one of his colleagues a subliminal "fuck you pal".
The colleague in question is Ohio lawmaker Rep. Ron Hood (R). Ron introduced a bill a few weeks ago that would ban gay, bisexual, or transgender couples from adopting in the great state of Ohio. Hood, the same guy who proposed a gun safety and marksmanship class in Ohio high schools, says he introduced the bill because "studies have shown that the optimal setting to raise children in is a traditional setting with a mom and a dad." I tried to contact Rep. Hood to find out what studies he is talking about but the man wasn't home. I didn't leave a message because it was a home phone number and we don't need to bring his family into this. Just because he has no respect for other peoples families doesn't mean I need to stoop to his level.
It appears there are no studies reflecting the increase of likelihood of a child being unsuccessful or psychologically unstable because of being raised in a non- traditional home. Hagan supported his bill by saying he has credible research showing children from republican homes have an increased risk of "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities." It is my personal belief that Hagan is a genius and should be treated as such. I am thinking about sending him a gift card to Barnes& Nobles to let him keep know I appreciate the hard work he is doing for the fine people of Ohio.