Fossella The Hypocrite

Tonight has to be hard for Vito Fossella. His world is crumbling around him, his family (the one here in New York) is crushed and unimaginably angered by their husband/father's conduct and he is looking to go from the House of Representative to the big house (for a few days at least). It is a tragic story for all those involved, but what really rubs everyone the wrong way is the sheer hypocrisy of this man. During this time of his extramarital affair, he voted three times for the "sanctity of marriage." That is true hypocrisy my friends.

From The Agenda:

In 2004, Fossella voted for the Marriage Protection Act, which essentially would have prevented courts from striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). That bill passed in the House by a vote of 233-194 and later died in the Senate.

Later in the same month in 2004, Fossella voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have amended the U.S. Constitution to explicitly ban marriages for same-sex couples in any part of the United States. It would have been the first time that discrimination was to be enshrined in the Constitution. That bill passed in the House by a vote of 236-187 and later died in the Senate.

In 2006, Fossella again voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment, making it the third time he chose to stand up and firmly deny same-sex couples the thousands of rights and protections that come with a federal and state marriage license.

On one hand he can put these bills on his conscience to deny millions of people the right to get married yet treats his own marriage like garbage. Vito Fossella, you are true scumbag. I hope those few days in jail feel like an eternity for you.