Tag Archives: Bob Marshall

VIRGINIA: Teabagger GOP Rep. Bob Marshall Wants To Bar Feds From Access To State Gun Crime Records

Crackpot Virginia GOP state Rep. Bob Marshall wants to ban his state from sharing gun crime records with the federal government. His bill reads: Prevent any agency, political subdivision, or employee of Virginia from assisting the Federal government of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, detention, arrest, search, or seizure, under the authority of any federal statute enacted, or …

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VIRGINIA: State GOP Rep Floats Bill Requiring Teachers To Carry Guns

Wackadoodle Virginia state Rep. Bob Marshall wants to introduce a bill that requires public schools to arm some of their teachers. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) said this week that there should be a discussion about whether school staff should be allowed to carry concealed weapons to protect children against intruders. Marshall’s proposal goes beyond the governor’s comments, which were …

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VIRGINIA: Gay Judge Appointed

Despite his rejection by Virginia General Assembly, openly gay prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland has been appointed to the district court bench. Thorne-Begland, whose appointment by Richmond Circuit Court judges will begin July 1, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “I am humbled by the circuit court’s decision.” “I look forward to serving the citizens of the city of Richmond as a jurist and, …

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VA Delegate Bob Marshall On Gay Judge Vote: Sodomy Is Not A Civil Right

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VIRGINIA: Wingnut Loon Bob Marshall Blocks Openly Gay Judicial Nominee

Crackpot Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall’s campaign against openly gay judicial nominee Tracy Thorne-Begland was successful. A late-hour lobbying offensive by social conservatives prevailed in the House of Delegates early Tuesday to torpedo bipartisan support for the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor. After a lengthy discussion, the GOP-controlled House of Delegates defeated the nomination of Tracy Thorne-Begland, Richmond’s …

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VIRGINIA: Tea Party Loon Attempts To Block Openly Gay District Court Judge

Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall (left), who is second only to Eugene Delgaudio among his state’s raving loons, is trying to block the appointment of an openly gay district court judge. Just because. Delegate Bob Marshall said he will seek to remove the name of Richmond prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland from a list of proposed District Court judicial appointments. “I don’t even …

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Quote Of The Day – Bob Marshall

“The Richmond Fed’s endorsement of costly, anti-social, immoral behavior is rejected by 6,000 years of Western Religious and moral teaching. You want the American people to trust your [judgment] in economic matters when your spokesperson celebrates an attack on public morals?” – Virginia state Delegate Bob Marshall, claiming that by flying the rainbow flag in observance of Pride Month, the …

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Maddow On Bob Marshall’s Idiocy And Virginia’s “Hard Right Turn”

Rachel Maddow takes on Bob Marshall’s statement about abortion and deformed children and his attempt to force an end to funding for Planned Parenthood. Virginia has undergone a “hard right turn” since Gov. Bob McDonnell has taken office.

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Quote Of The Day – Robert Marshall

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children. In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.” …

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