Read Kathryn Robb’s opinion in Maryland Matters regarding the Hearing for the Hidden Predators Act. She is the Executive Director for ChildUSAdvocacy and we were blessed to have her testify at the hearing.
Opinion: The Attack in the Judicial Proceedings Committee – Maryland Matters
After the unnecessary and disturbing mudslinging in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) earlier this month, I have been thinking about the role of character and bravery in the work of lawmakers.
In the history of legislative leadership and action for the greater good, there are a few examples that should make us proud. My favorite is when President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to Congress in 1965 in the “we shall overcome speech” about the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. His speech and support came about at the insistence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other great civil rights activists bloodied by the violence of the Selma to Montgomery march.
MLK’s voice cast a light on the truth of racial injustice for Congress. In that moment, LBJ and the Democrats knew that they would lose the political support of the South for years, perhaps decades. It was a great political risk. Nonetheless, doing the right thing was of greater importance, and, in that moment, LBJ and others in Congress went from being good leaders to great leaders.
Shall we ask the same of Maryland lawmakers? Click here to read the full article.
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