Log
Cabin Republicans Oppose Nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor
to U.S. Court of Appeals
Log Cabin
Republicans, June 9, 2003
For immediate release
Contact: Public Affairs Mark Mead 202 347 5306 ext 112
mobile 202 297 5026
WASHINGTON—The Log Cabin
Republicans announced today that they oppose the nomination of Alabama
Attorney General William Pryor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
circuit. Pryor will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday.
“An analysis of Mr. Pryor’s work finds compelling
evidence that he would be a jurist incapable of fair-minded review of matters
of concern to gay and lesbian Americans,” said Log Cabin Republican
Executive Director Patrick Guerriero.
Of particular concern are Pryor’s legal arguments
offered in an amicus brief on behalf of the state of Alabama in the Texas
sodomy case that is currently before the United States Supreme Court . Pryor
forcefully defended the laws that allow for the government to invade the homes
of Americans and arrest law-abiding citizens for private and consensual acts
of intimacy.
Log Cabin, and its sister organization the Liberty
Education Forum, authored an opposing amicus brief that called for an overturn
of these laws. “ These laws are un-American and strike a blow to the basic
right of privacy for American citizens, gays and lesbians in particular,”
added Guerrieo.
“We call on members of the Senate Judiciary, Democrats
and Republicans, to address Mr. Pryor’s record on civil rights for gay and
lesbian Americans. And we continue to urge the Bush Administration to select
open minded and fair jurists to be placed on the federal bench. We believe
that Mr. Pryor does not meet that criteria,” concluded Guerriero.
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