Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

A little background:

April:

Indiana Governor Mike Pence — who frequently refers to himself as “a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order” — believed that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) would mobilize his conservative base. Instead, it created a backlash that has effectively torpedoed the Republican’s chance at a national office.

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even among those respondents who identified as observant Christians, 58 percent believed that discrimination on religious grounds should not be allowed.

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Hoosiers reject the idea that a business should be able to refuse service to members of the LGBT community on the basis of religious conviction by a 2-to-1 margin. Moreover — and irrespective of their opinion about the bill — more than 75 percent of Indiana voters say that signing it is a crippling blow to businesses. storation Act (RFRA) would mobilize his conservative base. Instead, it created a backlash that has effectively torpedoed the Republican’s chance at a national office.

  Salon

And, good on Hoosiers.

Fast forward to today.

A cosposonsor of that "religious freedom" law was Indiana House Majority Leader Jud McMillan. He, too, apparently, believes that gays should not have the same rights as heteros. And, I don't think it's a stretch to suppose that's because he is a "Christian".

And did I mention a total and complete idiot/asshole?

During his five years in the legislature, McMillin has crusaded to “protect the integrity of the institution of marriage.” [...] According to his campaign website, he claimed that “the family has always been the foundation of our strength of community” and that “[i]n these times of turmoil the rest of the country could learn something from our example.”

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[But Jud McMillan] resigned suddenly on Tuesday after a sexually compromising video was sent to all of the people on his “Contacts” list, the Advocate’s Bil Browning reports.

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Tuesday night he released a statement in which he said that the “time is right for me to pass the torch and spend more time with my family.”

The old "spend more time with my family" meme.

After news of the mass-texting began to circulate, Representative Jud McMillin (R) claimed that his “phone was stolen in Canada and out of my control for about 24 hours. I have just been able to reactivate it under my control. Please disregard any messages you received recently. I am truly sorry for anything offensive you may have received.”

My, my. And how can all his contacts "disregard" a "sexually compromising video" of McMillan after seeing it?

[T]he Advocate reported that the woman on the video was not, in fact, his wife.

Yeah, not sure his family is going to want to spend more time with HIM.

And, it's not his first offense.

In 2005, his career as an assistant county prosecutor in Ohio came to an end amid questions about his sexual conduct. He admitted to a relationship with the complainant in a domestic violence case he was prosecuting, but he insisted the relationship began after he stepped off the case, according to the Dayton Daily News. He resigned a week after he stopped working on the case.

  USA Today

Nor is he alone in his idiocy in the Indiana Legislature.

Rep. Justin Moed, D-Indianapolis, apologized earlier this year after a website exposed his sexting activities with Indiana porn star Sydney Leathers.

WTF is wrong with these people? How stupid do you have to be?

But wait....there's more...

In an unflattering profile by Bilerico, it says that prior to attending the University of Cincinnati, McMillin had been a student at Ball State University. During his time there, he had been on the school’s baseball team. He left the school in his freshman year, 1996, after his team mates accused him of stealing money from them. There’s no mention of McMillin’s time at Ball State on his official profile.

The Bilerico piece also talks about a time when McMillin was in high school in Franklin County, Indiana, and he was involved in the game of “leap frog.” A game where two drivers try to overtake each other on the open road. During one of these games, the man McMillin was racing against crashed into a car, killing a man, Tom Marsh, his wife, and their unborn baby.

  Heavy.com

How did this asshat get elected to office?