I have watched this man fight against pro life bills in the Senate and try to kill them in committee with his long winded stories that become more dramatic with each telling......but he hides behind pro life rhetoric and is a shrewd foil for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The nerve to run on a pro life platform.......and get this "honor." Someone who follows this closely said it well...."I guess criteria for being a ‘Pro-Life Democrat of the Week’ includes consistently voting against the pro-life constitutional amendment each of the five times it has come before the state Senate since 2001. Actually Senator Herron has not only voted ‘no’, he has led the opposition during Senate floor debate." He will hide behind the health of the woman exception but even those marginally involved understand that this loophole opens up abortion on demand for any reason......thus his long winded dramatic stories about his twin sons and that he wanted his wife to abort rather than risk her life. He knows that twin to twin transfer had no danger to his wife but to his pre born sons. After one of his long winded dramatic retelling (AGAIN) of this story with salient facts left out...someone asked him how his sons felt now hearing that their father wanted to end their lives in the womb....he just smiled and said, they have heard the story. I talked to him after the session once and pointed out that the condition that his wife had in no way put her life in danger and the way he told the story led the listener to believe that. He just smiled and changed the subject.
Even worse he introduces bills he knows are really intended to masquerade his real position or that he knows will be struck down by his friends in the ACLU as unconstitutional and does it only to provide cover for his real agenda. I personally have more respect for Rep. Sherry Jones and Senator Beverly Marrerro who are pro choice and don't try to hide it from anyone. This man is a charlatan.....but he opposes smoking?? So Dems for Life honors him??? Go figure.
PRO-LIFE DEMOCRAT OF THE WEEK: State Senator Roy Herron
Roy Herron is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee State Senate for the 24th district, which encompasses Benton, Decatur, Henry, Henderson, Lake, Obion, Perry, Stewart, and Weakley counties. He was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1986 to fill Governor Ned McWherter's seat. He served in the House in the 95th through 99th Tennessee General Assemblies and has served in the Senate since the 100th General Assembly. He is floor leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus and the chair of the Select Committee on Children and Youth. He is also a member of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee, the Senate Government Operations Committee, the Joint Tenncare Oversight Committee, the Joint Select Committee on Education, and the Joint Committee on Charitable Gaming.
Roy Herron graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1975, and from Vanderbilt University in 1980, with a M.Div. and a J.D. In 1975 and 1976 he was a Rotary Scholar in Scotland at the University of St. Andrews. He works as an attorney, a businessman, and as adjunct faculty at Vanderbilt University. He is a former United Methodist minister and the author of the books Things Held Dear: Soul Stories for My Sons (Westminster John Knox Press, 1999), Tennessee Political Humor: Some of These Jokes You Voted For (University of Tennessee Press, 2000, with L. H. "Cotton" Ivy), and How Can A Christian Be In Politics? (Tyndale House, 2005).
Roy Herron has introduced legislation that would ban smoking in public buildings, and he supports expanding the ban on smoking in state-owned and operated buildings already in place. Roy Herron is also the co-chair of FaithfulDemocrats.com, an online community for Democrats of Christian faith.
On April 8, 2009, Herron announced that he would be running for Governor of Tennessee in the Democratic primaries.
Roy Herron is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee State Senate for the 24th district, which encompasses Benton, Decatur, Henry, Henderson, Lake, Obion, Perry, Stewart, and Weakley counties. He was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1986 to fill Governor Ned McWherter's seat. He served in the House in the 95th through 99th Tennessee General Assemblies and has served in the Senate since the 100th General Assembly. He is floor leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus and the chair of the Select Committee on Children and Youth. He is also a member of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee, the Senate Government Operations Committee, the Joint Tenncare Oversight Committee, the Joint Select Committee on Education, and the Joint Committee on Charitable Gaming.
Roy Herron graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1975, and from Vanderbilt University in 1980, with a M.Div. and a J.D. In 1975 and 1976 he was a Rotary Scholar in Scotland at the University of St. Andrews. He works as an attorney, a businessman, and as adjunct faculty at Vanderbilt University. He is a former United Methodist minister and the author of the books Things Held Dear: Soul Stories for My Sons (Westminster John Knox Press, 1999), Tennessee Political Humor: Some of These Jokes You Voted For (University of Tennessee Press, 2000, with L. H. "Cotton" Ivy), and How Can A Christian Be In Politics? (Tyndale House, 2005).
Roy Herron has introduced legislation that would ban smoking in public buildings, and he supports expanding the ban on smoking in state-owned and operated buildings already in place. Roy Herron is also the co-chair of FaithfulDemocrats.com, an online community for Democrats of Christian faith.
On April 8, 2009, Herron announced that he would be running for Governor of Tennessee in the Democratic primaries.
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I live in SE Georgia and I see some of this same type of behavior and dishonesty down here too. I am pro life and I respect other people's choices (even if it's wrong)but if you're not truly pro life and honestly believe that preborn babies should have the same rights as all human beings then you shouldn't portray yourself as such.
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