Monseratte Gets His Payoff From Diaz

Convicted girlfriend slasher Sen. Hiram Monserrate has gotten his reward from Sen. Ruben Diaz for his vote against marriage equality. Monserratte's payoff? A letter from Diaz to Senate leadership decrying any attempt to expel him for being a domestic abuser. Paul Schindler at Gay City News:

Surprise, surprise — on December 7, Diaz sent a letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate urging that they “be fair, impartial and transparent in the way in which you treat people of different races, ethnicity, creed and nationality. I must question your initiative in creating a committee to investigate Senator Hiram Monserrate when you have not done the same for Senator Kevin Parker,” an African-American Democrat also convicted of a misdemeanor.

It’s unclear if Diaz was suggesting that African-Americans get preferred treatment to Latinos — the Democratic leader is John Sampson, a Brooklyn African American, but he did end his letter with a humdinger: “The Romans used to say back in those days that ‘Caesar’s wife should not only be pure, but she must also have the appearance of purity.’” Something Diaz’s letter certainly did not have. And, here’s hoping our society has advanced in its treatment of women since those long-gone days of Caesar.

Write the New York Senate and demand Monserrate's expulsion.