Eight years ago, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) made a stink about the nomination of gay American James Hormel to be ambassador to Luxembourg.
Because we all know what a lofty perch that is from which to advance the "homosexual agenda."
TODAY IN HISTORY (May 18):
1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1896 - the Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."
1953 - Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.
1970 - Jack Baker and James McConnell attempted to get a marriage license in Minneapolis. After their request was denied they filed suit, and the state supreme court upheld the denial of the license.
1974 - India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.
1980 - Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.
1992 - Recording tycoon David Geffen donated $1 million to the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York.
1992 - The Archivist of the United States issues a proclamation to officially announce that the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been ratified, despite more than 200 years for completion of the ratification process by the state legislatures.
1998 - Voting members of the American Baptist Churches of the Northwest approved a statement declaring homosexuality inconsistent with Christian teachings. A proposal to dismiss two congregations which accept gay and lesbian members from the regional denomination was withdrawn.
1998 - Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) accused James Hormel, nominee for US ambassador to Luxembourg, of being more interested in promoting the gay agenda than representing the US and compared him to a Ku Klux Klan leader.
2000 - A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse. Born on this day:
1868 - Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov (Nicholas II), Last Czar of Russia (d. 1918)
1897 - Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1902 - Meredith Willson, American composer, "The Music Man" (d. 1984)
1912 - Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1928 - Pernell Roberts, American actor
1937 - Brooks Robinson, baseball player
1946 - Reggie Jackson, baseball player
1952 - George Strait, American musician
1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player
1970 - Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, and actress (Saturday Night Live)
1975 - Jack Johnson, American musician
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