Bye-bye, Bob Barr. (Congress).Republican congressman Bob Barr
Robert L. (Bob) Barr, Jr. (born November 5, 1948) is an attorney and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia. , the architect of the infamous Defense of Marriage Act, has been served divorce papers by his Georgia constituents. Barr lost the August 20 GOP primary in Georgia's seventh congressional district Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes to fellow incumbent John Linder John Elmer Linder (born September 9 1942), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district (map). , who was forced to run against Barr after Democrats in the state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: "Bob Barr earned the distinction as the most antigay member of the House," said David Smith, communications director for the gay advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. "He used his platform to do harm legislatively, but he also spoke out at every opportunity against gay people. His demise is welcomed." |
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