Lynn Westmoreland

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Category: Georgia Republicans

Lynn A. Westmoreland (Republican) represents the Georgia's 3rd Congressional district. He was first elected to Congress in 2004.

Racism

• Westmoreland was one of two House members to vote against H.R. 923, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007, a bill that would have reopened hate crimes cases from before 1970. (Source: Tom Coburn: The Shame of the Senate)

Squeaky Piety

Westmoreland was born on April 2, 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia. Before entering Congress, he was a real-estate developer. So you know that as a salesperson he can be trusted to have you r best interests at heart! After real estate he became a politician. Westmoreland has served in the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1993-2004. He was the minority leader from 2001-2004.

Westmoreland and his wife Joan have been married for 36 years. They have three children and five grandchildren. They attend Southcrest Church.

However what's important about Westmoreland is that he wants to use the power of the state to impose his religion on you. The congressman co-sponsored a bill to place the Ten Commandments in the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, when he appeared on the Colbert Report, he could not name all the commandments. Westmoreland also sponsored a bill that the Ten Commandments could be displayed in courthouses in a historical setting. See News Report. For some reason this evangelical Protestant Christian isn't interested in seeing the Edicts of Ashoka or the Codex Hammurabi carved in stone at Court Houses.

External Links

• Rep Lynn Westmoreland House website (U.S. Congress)
• WESTMORELAND, Lynn A., (1950 - ) (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)
• Representative Lynn Westmoreland (Contacting the Congress)
• Campaign website
• 2005-2006 Profile (OpenSecrets.org)
• Representative Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA) (Project Vote Smart)
• Rep. Lynn Westmoreland On the Issues (On the Issues)