Boehner bong hits
by digby
In case you were wondering why John Boehner seems to be just a little bit more mellow these days, perhaps it’s because he’s spending time with his new son-in-law and maybe getting a little green therapy (and I’m not talking about the toxic strain called Republican Greedhead.)
The daughter of House Speaker John Boehner tied the knot over the weekend with her Jamaican-born love, who was once busted for marijuana possession. Lindsay Boehner, 35, and 38-year-old Dominic Lakhan wed Friday evening in Delray Beach, Fla. Lakhan was reportedly arrested in 2006 when Florida cops found 4 grams of pot in his ashtray after a routine traffic stop.
Lakhan, wearing a dapper gray suit and sporting dreadlocks extending to his waist, exchanged vows with Boehner at a small bed-and-breakfast as the bride’s straight-laced Republican father and another 80 guests looked on. Lakhan’s new father-in-law is an observant Catholic, a strict conservative and an opponent of marijuana legalization.
I don’t know if Rastafari belief* is considered to be an acceptable “Judeo-Christian” religion among the religious right, but from the length of his dreds, this fellow appears to be a true believer:
I think it’s kind of great, personally. The daughter of the Republican Speaker of the House marrying a Jamaican Rastafarian is a testament to American progress. I do have to wonder how rank and file conservatives feel about this, however. They tend to be less enthusiastic about such exotic mixed families.
*The Rastafari movement is actually not a religion. It’s a spiritual ideology.
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