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NGLTF: Pryor is an ideological tyrant

NGLTF: Pryor is an ideological tyrant
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force denounces U.S. Senate confirmation of William Pryor Jr. to the federal bench WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force denounced the U.S. Senates confirmation today of former Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Pryor has repeatedly proven he is an ideological tyrant of the highest order, said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Pryors extremist views may resonate with the outer fringes, but they have no place on the federal bench. This is an American travesty. Foreman said Pryor had compiled a mind-boggling record of hostility toward the rights of ordinary Americans, and may be the most demonstrably anti-Gay judge ever nominated to a federal appeals court. A few examples: In his capacity as deputy attorney general of Alabama, Pryor co-authored an amicus brief supporting Colorados anti-Gay ballot initiative in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Romer v. Evans. As Alabama attorney general, Pryor wrote an amicus brief defending Texas anti-Gay sodomy law in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas. Pryor sought to deny Gay people equal protection under the law, including upholding the imprisonment of Gay men and Lesbians for expressing their human sexuality in the privacy of their own homes. While temporarily sitting on the Eleventh Circuit via a recess appointment by President George W. Bush, Pryor cast the deciding vote upholding Floridas ban on adoption by Gay men and Lesbians. Pryor calls the U.S. Supreme Courts decision in Roe v. Wade as the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history. It is widely recognized that Pryor is a right-wing zealot who is unfit to judge, said Foreman. His hostility toward a vast range of Americans and fundamental rights and freedoms is as astounding as it is disturbing. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force news release


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