For Star subscribers: The lawmaker says she was trying to make a 'playful'' point about separation of church and state but a House leader calls it disorderly conduct.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — A Tucson lawmaker apologized Wednesday to colleagues for moving and hiding copies of the Bible in the House members' lounge, saying she was trying to make a"playful'' point about the separation of church and state.
But he said Stahl Hamilton's actions did fall into the category of disorderly conduct and that it will be up to other lawmakers to decide whether to seek action against her. "Over the millennia, tyrants have tried to eliminate it, burn it, bury it, hide it and keep it from people because it has the power to transform,'' Diaz said. His comments were followed by the customary daily prayer.
"I acknowledge that a conversation about the separation of church and state should have began with a conversation,'' Stahl Hamilton said. Although she didn't actually remove the items from the House or its lounge, Toma said,"Do you think it's OK to take a Bible, stick it under a couch or stick it under a refrigerator? It's kind of a common-sense question.''The speaker said he can't say if there will be a formal ethics complaint.
It was Stahl Hamilton who filed the recent complaint against former Chandler Republican Rep. Liz Harris, accusing her of disorderly conduct for encouraging and allowing testimony by a known election denier during a hearing in February. That testimony included claims made without evidence that the governor, judges, state officials and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints were all involved in criminal conspiracies including drug smuggling and money laundering.
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