Alabama State Rep. Patricia Todd has
threatened to reveal the adulterous affairs of lawmakers who oppose
gay marriage.
Todd, Alabama's first openly gay
elected lawmaker, made her threat in a Facebook post published
shortly after House Speaker Mike Hubbard, a Republican, released a
statement condemning a federal judge's ruling striking down the
state's ban on gay marriage.
(Related: Alabama
to appeal ruling striking down gay marriage ban.)
“We will continue defending the
Christian conservative values that make Alabama a special place to
live,” Hubbard
said.
“I will not stand by and allow
legislators to talk about 'family values' when they have affairs, and
I know of many who are and have,” Todd wrote. “I will call our
elected officials who want to hide in the closet OUT.”
“One thing I'm pretty consistent on
is, I do not like hypocrites,” she told The Huffington Post.
“If you can explain your position and you hold yourself to the
same standard you want to hold me to, then fine. But you cannot go
out there and smear my community by condemning us and somehow making
us feel less than and expect me to be quiet.”