Steve Buyer: “I do not have to be shot by a bullet to understand pain. A man can be compassionate, can have sincerity, can love. I…”

“I do not have to be shot by a bullet to understand pain. A man can be compassionate, can have sincerity, can love. I find it offensive that anyone can allege that judicial rulings based on one's gender are somehow what is wrong. I find it offensive, I have to say that. I believe that bad decisions are bad decisions regardless of chromosomes. I am going to stand here and say that, if there have been bad decisions that come from the court, if they are made from a woman, if they are made from a man, you are looking through it through the dimension of gender. I support this bill because a bad judicial decision was made. Rape is serious bodily injury. The court should have taken it into account. As for the sidebar comments, I believe that they are out of place.”