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By Ray Stern
The Arizona Republic
Republican lawmakers have hit state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, with an ethics complaint for removing Bibles from the House Members’ lounge and hiding them as a “playful” protest that several of her colleagues didn’t find amusing.
Stahl Hamilton now faces the same charge of violating the Arizona House of Representatives’ rule against “disorderly behavior” that she invoked in an ethics complaint against a fellow lawmaker who was ultimately expelled from the Legislature last month.
Three Republican lawmakers filed the complaint on Monday, writing in a statement that Stahl Hamilton’s actions “to remove, conceal, and disrespect the sacred text held in reverence by her fellow members suggests to her colleagues, and to the millions of faithful citizens of Arizona, that their beliefs and values are no longer welcome within the halls of their own government.”
The six-page complaint states that Stahl Hamilton “engaged in disorderly behavior, potentially committed repeated acts of theft, and created a hostile work environment, which demonstrate a lack of respect for other members of the Legislature, staff, visitors, and their property, and the rule of law.” It was signed by Reps. Justin Heap, R-Mesa, David Marshall, R-Snowflake, and Lupe Diaz, R-Benson. Diaz and Marshall both work as church pastors.
Read the document: Ethics complaint filed against state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson
