The TN Human Rights Commission is "...charged with preventing and eradicating discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and housing." Robin Smith, Chair of the TN GOP seems to believe that discrimination outside those parameters is acceptable.
The flap about Robin Smith's statements brought the TN repug party national ridicule. Please read "The Turn of the Shrew?" at TennViews for more info.
Chairwoman Smith, also serves as a Commissioner on the Board of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (term set to expire 6/08). In light of Ms. Smith's recent statements about Barack Obama, she obviously does not believe in the spirit of the Commission, and doesn't deserve to serve on it.
Please sign this petition demanding her resignation.
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