Jodie Haydon appeared on a radio program a few weeks ago and one of the callers asked him if he’d changed his position on the anti-gay marriage amendment (SB 245, 2004). The caller said she had spoken with him 2004 when he was her state representative and he indicated that he didn’t support the amendment. She says at the time Haydon said his family had gay friends and he didn’t want to offend them.

Haydon did end up voting for the amendment. But was he willing to lie to or mislead people by telling them what they want to hear just to get elected?

Listen for yourself:

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Here’s a rough transcript for those of you unable to listen at work.

Host: Four-and-a-half minutes left, we’re back on the phone. Welcome to Brooks & Company, you’re on the air.

Caller: Hiiii. Um. This is Valarie Maynard, calling from Cox’s Creek.

Host: Welcome Valarie.

Caller: Um. Hiii, Charlie and Mr. Haydon. I have a question, Mr. Haydon, um, you mentioned there were a lot of important issues in your term in the house and I have to agree with you, and one of the major issues was Senate Bill 245. Um, the marriage amendment in 2,000 and 4. And, um, consistently, um, you seemed to oppose that. I actually spoke to you personally after one of the votes and you said that there was someone personal that you knew that had a family member that lived this type of lifestyle and you didn’t wanna offend em. And, um, I just asked, you know, how, how bout me and everbody else, who, um, holds the opposing view.

In the state that amendment passed by 75% when it went to the voters and in the county 73%. And, um, I just don’t feel like you represented the county or really the state as, um, evidenced by the voters’ opinion there. And I wondered if you had changed your opinion on, um, limiting marriage between, uh, to one man and one woman. Um, if anything came up legislatively, where you would stand in that.

Host: Okay, we’ll, we’ll uh, we’ll let uh, let uh, uhhhhm, uh, let, uhmmmJodie Haydon answer. Thank you for your call.

Caller: Thank youuuuu.

Haydon: Valarie, I don’t support same-sex marriage. Then nor now. Uh, I was very very disappointed – I remain disappointed – that we used that as an issue back whatever year that was to, if you will, hide from the real issues. The issues at that time were a declining economy. We used that as a smokescreen to do absolutely nothing. And that’s where we find ourselves today. We have a legislature that is, to me, they may as well stay at home. I don’t know of anything significant that they have really accomplished. I’m smart enough to see through smokescreens. You know, to put up anything to avoid making tough decisions. So that’s, that’s, that’s where I was, that’s where I am.

Uh, I happen to believe that we have to do everything we can to support jobs. Uh, I don’t want – and I know you all are in, uh, farm community, and I, I support agriculture. That’s why, why I don’t want to see us lose our horse industry. Our, you know, Kentucky’s signature industry. Our number one cash crop as a matter of fact. If we lose the horse industry as our number one cash crop, we’ll be known, our, our number one cash crop will be chickens. Chickens!

That’s right. He quickly ran from the issue (after the host got super-nervous) and ended on the subject of chickens. Gambling and chickens.

Speaking of chicken, it generated $930 million while the horsey industry only generated $750 million.

The Queers < Chickens. Don’t forget it.