In both 2016, 2017, 2018, as well as in 2019, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published its profiles of Tom Morrison, an incredibly homophobic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, who first entered the fray in politics back in the Tea Party Wave of 2010. Back in March of 2013, where he began responding to e-mails from several constituents inquiring about forthcoming legislation that would legalize same sex marriage, and he felt the need to make a “slippery slope” argument beyond the pale. In one, Morrison suggested that legal gay marriage would open the door to also legalize bisexual polygamy. But that apparently wasn’t enough homophobic fear-mongering for Morrison, as a month later, he sent another response to a constituent that not only included the polygamy comparison, but also mentioned that legalizing same sex marriage could lead to marriages between a man and “a consenting 9-year-old girl”. After taking a beating when the public found out about it, Morrison apologized and claimed his e-mail was written “in haste” and he doesn’t actually equate gay marriage to statutory rape, even though it was pretty plain that’s exactly what he was doing.
If supporting bans on same sex marriage weren’t enough, Tom Morrison has also voted against bans on the practice of gay conversion therapy, so there’s that, as well. Morrison didn’t back off of his anti-LGBTQ stances going into 2016, as he added transphobia to his resume, submitting HB 4474 back in January of 2016 to try and institute bathroom regulations on the transgendered to use the bathroom of the gender they were born as. It mercifully failed to pass without incident.
Morrison’s voting record continues to show his disdain for those in the LGBTQ community in 2017, as he voted against HB 1785, a bill that allowed transgendered citizens in Illinois the right to change their gender on their birth certificate records. Of course, that wasn’t the only ridiculous vote he participated in, as he also voted against an increase in the minimum wage in Illinois (during the greatest period of income inequality in our nation’s history), and when a bill turned up to ban “bump” stocks that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic one after the greatest mass shooting in American history occurred in Las Vegas, he voted against that as well.
This intolerant twit got to run for re-election in 2016 unopposed in either the GOP Primary or the general election to allow for another two years of him continuing his narrow-minded crusade against the LGBTQ community. In 2018, we regret to inform you that he held onto his seat in the Illinois state legislature by a whopping 43 votes, out of almost 43,000 cast. This was in spite of Morrison being identified as a supporter of a pastor in Arizona convicted in court for physically abusing children. That’s right, the holier-than-thou Republican who’s convinced letting gay people get married would lead to them having sex with children is actually perfectly fine with the abuse of children, so long as you do it while preaching the gospel.
And so, with another term in office, Morrison continued his transphobic crusade, sponsoring legislation last March to punish doctors who treat transgendered youth with hormone treatments. There are already three Democratic candidates looking to unseat Tom Morrison in 2020, including Maggie Trevor, who’s looking to avenge her 43 vote loss. We’re hoping that one of them can put an end to this bigoted twit.
One Year Ago, January 12th, 2019: Tom Morrison (IL)… 2019 Update
Two Year Ago, January 12th, 2018: Tom Morrison (IL)… 2018 Update
Three Years Ago, January 12th, 2017: Tom Morrison (IL)… 2017 Update
Four Years Ago, January 12th, 2016: Tom Morrison (IL)… Original Profile
Five Years Ago, January 12th, 2015: Jon Kyl (AZ)
