Did Michael Rogers’ latest antic violate D.C. criminal code? It sure looks like it did to me. Rob at Say Anything has picked up on an NRO post regarding a threat Michael Rogers has made against a Republican senator to “out” him for not voting the way Rogers believes he should.
Mr. Senator:Tomorrow you will be faced with a vote that may have the longest aftereffects of any other you have cast in your Senate career.
Tomorrow you will decide if your political position is worth more than doing what is right for others like you. For others like you, Mr. Senator, who engage in oral sex with other men. (Although, Mr. Senator, most of us don’t do in the bathrooms of Union Station!) Your fake marriage, by the way, will NOT protect you from the truth being told on this blog.
How does this blog decide who to report on? It’s simple. We report on hypocrites. In this case, hypocrites who vote against the gay and lesbian community while engaging in gay sex themselves*.
When you cast that vote, Mr. Senator, represent your own…it’s the least you could do.
Michael Rogers
blogACTIVE.com*While votes on many matters are considered, votes “FOR” either the Alito nomination and the Federal Marriage Amendment are enough to qualify legislators for reporting on this site.
Why, that sounds an awful lot like blackmail, doesn’t it? Well, it sounds that way to a few other people too:
The post on BlogActive may constitute blackmail under the criminal law of Washington, D.C. As set forth on Lexis - Nexis, section 22-3252 of the District Columbia Code provides:(a) A person commits the offense of blackmail, if, with intent to obtain property of another or to cause another to do or refrain from doing any act, that person threatens:
(1) To accuse any person of a crime;
(2) To expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; or
(3) To impair the reputation of any person, including a deceased person.
(b) Any person convicted of blackmail shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
It appears the author of the BlogActive post has threatened, with “intent to . . . cause another to do or refrain from doing any act,” to “expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule.”
I’m assuming the D.C. Code applies because the BlogActive website lists a D.C. post office box for contributions.
I’m not a lawyer, so I don’t know if threatening an unnamed person constitutes blackmail. But it could….
I hope someone has made a phone call to the D.C. police. Michael Rogers is scum and he may have just gone too far. We’ll see.
