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(Washington) Maryland's Republican governor has fired Robert J. Smith, his appointee to the Washington Metro transit authority board, after Smith refused to back down from homophobic remarks he made on a cable TV show.
Sunday,
appearing on a Montgomery County cable access show, Smith called gays "persons
of sexual deviancy".
This week Jim Graham, a District of Columbia councilman who is openly gay and also a member of the board called on Smith to retract his remarks.
Smith refused and within hours Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. fired him.
"Robert Smith's comments were highly inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable," Ehrlich said in a statement. "They are in direct conflict to my administration's commitment to inclusiveness, tolerance and opportunity."
Smith refused to go quietly, accusing Ehrlich of playing politics.
"At this juncture, I assume that the confrontation that arose today and the heat it generated was too much to take in an election year," he said.
Ehrlich is attempting to position himself as a moderate as he seek re-election. But he has not been a key supporter of LGBT rights.
Last year he vetoed a bill that would have given unmarried couples that registered as life partners the same rights as married couples in dealing with health care issues saying it "could lead to the erosion of the sanctity of traditional marriage as already codified in Maryland law."
This year he supported a watered down version of the legislation.
©365Gay.com 2006
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