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Republican Senator Mark Kirk was a Teabully favorite when he was elected to in 2010.? But then, in January 2102, Senator Kirk suffered a serious stroke which caused him to have to learn to walk and talk all over again. It took a year?for the Senator to return to his work in the Senate.

Perhaps the stroke caused the Senator to reflect upon the world and life in general, as Senator Kirk has broken with the Republican Party on many social issues since returning to the Senate.? We have reported on his support for the ENDA Bill, which recently passed in the Senate. ? And Republican Speaker of the House has pledged that the ENDA Bill will never be considered by the House, as it is an unneeded piece of legislation that would only lead to frivolous lawsuits.

The World Congress of Families,?(WCF) based in Rockford, Illinois, has been actively engaged in Russia and in the Ukraine??promoting hate legislation. ?LiberalAmerica.org has previously reported?on these kinds of efforts.? The group had reserved a Senate meeting room for a November 15, 2013 symposium. But, following objections raised by LGBT activist groups,?the reservation was canceled. ? A spokesperson for Senator Kirk’s office said Thursday that:

Senator Kirk doesn’t affiliate with groups that discriminate.

And Larry Jacobs, the managing director of the WCF, said in an email responding to the cancellation, that:

Obviously Senator Kirk doesn’t care about families and children and freedom and has chosen to side with the policies of decline, death, and disease promoted by the Sexual Radicals.

Fortunately for this hate group masquerading as just another group of good concerned Christians, Speaker John Boehner has stepped in for Mark Kirk to find a spot for the group to meet in the Capitol. Speaker Boehner does not see the assistance that he is giving to the WCF as tacit endorsement of their views.? Boehner said that:

One of the duties of the speaker’s office is scheduling rooms throughout the Capitol complex, and we routinely provide a forum for discussion of public policy issues from across the political spectrum, including for liberal causes.

Perhaps Speaker Boehner also believes that his duties do not include putting legislation that is wildly popular with the American people onto the floor of the House for a vote.

Three Teabully candidates have already announced that they will be challenging Speaker Boehner in the upcoming Republican Primary for the 8th District Congressional seat in Ohio. By denying a House vote on ENDA, and through this action, is Boehner hoping to stave off the challengers and show his social conservative bonafides?

Senator Mark Kirk has courageously been taking the right positions on social issues since his one year absence from work.? He should be applauded for those efforts, even if they are resulting in no new legislation being presented to the President for signature.? But, Senator Kirk’s efforts are also making him more likely to lose his seat to a Democrat, in 2016.

Remember one term Teabully Congressional wonder, proud deadbeat dad, Joe Walsh, who lost his seat in the District of Illinois to Democrat, war hero, and disabled vet, Tammy Duckworth in 2012?? Walsh has recently been questioning Senator Kirk’s physical ability to remain in the Senate, saying:

It is expected that Walsh will challenge Congresswoman Duckworth and try to retake the House seat in 2014.? But if he loses, which the smart money says he will, is Walsh then going to try to challenge Senator Kirk in the 2016 Republican primary?

Now Senator Mark Kirk is a sympathetic and courageous individual who gets high praise for his conduct since returning to the Senate following his stroke.? And he should live long and prosper in all of his future endeavors.? But, a Democrat will certainly be opposing Senator Kirk on November 8, 2016.

And will there be a new Senator from Illinois taking a seat in the United States Senate in January, 2017 by the name of Michelle Obama?

Edited by SS