GOP lawmaker who ‘rehomed’ adopted daughters with rapist to get ‘courage’ award at Ted Cruz dinner

[Galraedia]

A so-called family values organization will present an award at a fundraiser for GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz to a lawmaker who gave his two adopted daughters away to a rapist.

Arkansas State Sen. Justin Harris, a Republican, will be given the “Power of Courage” award by the Family Council Action Committee, a non-profit that is vocally anti-LGBT, the Arkansas Times reports. The awards will be given out Wednesday evening at a Cruz fundraiser dinner.

Another Republican, Rep. Charlene Fite, will also be honored with the award, which they are being given because they “demonstrated courage by standing strong in faith when situations were tough at the State Capitol and they did so with grace. They are consistently models of their Christian values in their homes, their communities, and their churches.”

According to the Times, Harris used his influence as a lawmaker to pressure state child services to allow him and his wife to adopt two young girls, even though caseworkers said the couple was ill-suited to care for them.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/gop-lawmaker-who-rehomed-adopted-daughters-with-rapist-to-get-courage-award-at-ted-cruz-dinner/

[haikugal]

1. Oh wow, that's disgusting....

[hifiguy]

2. Fundy "logic."

The greatest minds in history would shrug and walk away shaking their heads in utter puzzlement.

[StevieM]

3. I think this post is supposed to be shocking, but honestly it is pretty much what I would expect

at this point.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. The Award Showed The Mindset That Would Be National Policy If

This entire episode shows the sort of Religious Right mindset that would be federal policy if Tedito or any of hi fellow R's (notably Huckabee and Walker) gained genuine political power.

The only regret I have about voting Democrat in the 2012 Race for U S senator for Texas is that the Democratic candidate lost. Paul Sadler would have been a far better US senator for Texas and for the nation.

[catrose]

5. Courage for what? Seriously? eom

[Chemisse]

6. This guy sounds creepy, but the headline was misleading.

Clearly Harris let the children down by his actions, which led to the rape. But there is no indication that the man was a rapist prior to having the children move in, and no indication that Harris knew that he was or could be a rapist.

This RW creeps are awful. There is no need for Raw Story to make it sound even worse than it is.