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A former Alabama pastor who admitted to having inappropriate relationships with young boys has been handed a lengthy prison sentence, News19 reports.
John Thomas Martin pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual abuse back in June 23. He was sentenced to serve 10 years on each count.
One person not be supporting the [protect gay marriage] legislation is Florida Senator Marco Rubio. He told Punchbowl News reporter Christian Hall yesterday that the bill addressed a “non-issue” and there was no need to take steps to protect same-sex marriage.
“I don’t know why we’re doing that bill, there’s no threat to its status in America.
“But I know plenty of gay people in Florida that are pissed off about gas prices,” he added.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...sedgntp&cvid=d64786e34ae94375887e668970792cde
Oh look, little Marco has decided we are just not concerned!
...Right now, a half dozen cases on everything from insurance coverage for HIV prevention to employment discrimination and same-sex marriage are wending their way through state and federal courts here [in TX]. Their outcomes could radically alter rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Texas and across the country.
The lawsuits all have one thing in common: former Texas solicitor general Jonathan Mitchell.
Best known as the man behind the state law that allows Texans to file civil lawsuits against people who help pregnant people get abortions...
^ So is he now going to be forced to comply with the subpoena and testify? A guilty verdict is meaningless if he isn't forced to testify under oath.
No. A Congressional subpoena isn't the same thing as a criminal subpoena. He was Convicted for criminal Contempt of Congress. His sentence will be punitive not coercive, in other words, they can't keep him locked up until he squeals, nor can he get out by talking.
With two weeks to go until a primary election he was fated to lose, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) was already underwater. His campaign held more than twice as much debt as it had cash on hand, the donor well was dry, and he and his staff were months into a madcap spending streak that one campaign source called “baffling.”
And now, after indeed losing that primary, there’s no money to pay the piper.
Specifically, there’s no money to repay the supporters who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance to Cawthorn’s election efforts beyond the primary—to the general election he now won’t be competing in.
Cawthorn is required by law to refund those donations. Instead, according to a campaign source, the campaign already spent the money.
