Senator,
I ask that you defend Dr. Holsinger's right to receive a fair hearing and a vote by the full Senate on his confirmation.
As a constituent I ask that you support the Holsinger nomination.
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--- senator_obama@obama.senate.gov wrote:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the nomination of Dr. James Holsinger as Surgeon General of the United States. I appreciate hearing from you and understand your concern.
America's top doctor should be a doctor for all Americans, and so I have serious reservations about nominating someone who would inject his own anti-gay ideology into critical decisions about the health and well-being of our nation. As with other nominees, I will listen to the testimony of Dr. James Holsinger carefully, but this Administration must know that the United States Surgeon General's office is no place for bigotry or ideology that would trump sound science and good judgment.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any further questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama
United States Senator
Holsinger Changes His Tune
When Dr. James Holsinger's name first appeared as a nominee for the mostly ceremonial position of Surgeon General alarm bells immediately went off. He once testified in favor of cloning and human embryonic stem cell experimentation when he was the chancellor of the University of Kentucky's Medical Center. When we asked about his previous testimony we were told he has since changed his mind on the stem cell issue - yet we were offered no confirmation of this evolution. This lack of conviction either way had me worried how he would handle Congressional questioning of a paper he had written over a decade ago on the very real health dangers of a homosexual lifestyle. In 1990 Dr. Holsinger argued that the sexes are anatomically complementary and that "when the complementarity of the sexes is breached, injuries and diseases may occur." At his confirmation hearing yesterday Dr. Holsinger recanted his earlier statement, saying his views had "evolved" and that the issues he raised are not relevant in public health discussions today. While not an expert in human anatomy, I am 100% sure that human beings have not "evolved" into asexual beings, as Dr. Holsinger's new comments would suggest. Dr. Holsinger's confirmation should not fail because of his views, but because of his seeming lack of conviction on any of them.
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