Marriage Hearing Roundup

by: Clem Guttata

Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 13:44:42 PM EDT

The Charleston Gazette's Alison Knezevich has front page coverage along some photographs of the packed hearing.  The AP article first appeared in the Southern Voice. The Daily Mail's Michelle Saxton is here.  West Virginia Public Broadcasting also has its audio piece along with an article here.

Lots of good quotes in the articles. Seth of WV ACLU and Stephen Skinner of Fairness WV did us proud!

In lessons on how not to lobby the legislature, I love this quote from the Gazette article, too:

House Majority Whip Mike Caputo, D-Marion, asked Dys why his group targeted him in a telephone poll on gay marriage. The pollsters asked residents to call Caputo to voice their opinion.

Caputo asked Dys why the phone campaign singled him out when his district has two other delegates. He also questioned why the group never asked for Caputo's position on the subject.

"I think that's very unprofessional," Caputo said.

Gee, with stunts like that, you'd almost think Family Policy Council of West Virginia president Jeremiah Dys is more interested raising money than he is in actually influencing public policy.