"Ethics panel admonishes Burns over Ravens letter"

[octoburn]

Del. Emmett C. Burns Jr. said Tuesday he “accepted” his admonishment by the General Assembly’s ethics committee for using legislative stationery last year in trying to silence Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo’s outspoken support for same-sex marriage. But the Baltimore County Democrat insisted he had nothing to apologize for in speaking out.

Burns said the ethics panel wrote him chiding him for using official stationery to write Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti urging him to muzzle Ayanbadejo, who in the run-up to last fall’s votes in Maryland and other states on same-sex marriage wrote an op-ed piece for The Huffington Post and filmed video spots for Equality Maryland.

Linky

Trying to silence someone isn't trying to silence someone?

[demopublican]

I would call him an embarrassment to his constituency but he represents their Neanderthal views accurately.

He would be an embarrassment to decent people.

[johnpolitics]

Now if only the voters would kick him out of office.

[Baltimatt]

I would call him an embarrassment to his constituency but he represents their Neanderthal views accurately.

He would be an embarrassment to decent people.

Would be? He is an embarrassment!

He's been pretty quiet since SSM was approved by the voters.

[Baltimatt]

On Tuesday, Burns said he “didn’t intend to silence anybody’s First Amendment rights….but I felt this was a wrong move” on the part of someone in football, which he called “the most masculine sport out there.”

Lovely non-sequitur there, Del. Burns. Are you always this clueless and stupid?

[regularguy]

What a pathetic joke! The Reverend Delegate should have the self-discipline to silence himself before writing offensive letters and making stupid statements.

[demopublican]

Would be? He is an embarrassment!

He's been pretty quiet since SSM was approved by the voters.

I bet he wins reelection by a comfortable margin for as long as he wants to hold the seat.