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Raymond Edward Garofalo, Jr., known as Ray Garofalo (born September 1958),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Raymond Garofalo, September 1958 )〕 is a lawyer and commercial developer from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Raymone E. Garofalo, Jr. )〕 who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 103, which encompasses primarily St. Bernard Parish and four precincts each from Orleans and Plaquemines parishes. Garofalo is a graduate of the Roman Catholic Holy Cross High School,〔Loyola University New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Ray Garofalo )〕 Garofalo resides with his wife, the former Joan Seibert, in Meraux, a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish. Garofalo won the state House position in the general election held on November 19, 2011, when he defeated the Democrat, Chad Lauga, 7,153 (53.3 percent) to 6,262 (46.7 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election returns, November 19, 2011 )〕 The incumbent Democrat Reed S. Henderson did not seek reelection. Garofalo in his first term was assigned to the House (1) Civil Law and Procedure, (2) Judiciary, and (3) Natural Resources and Environment committees.〔 The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry rated Garofalo 89 percent, with a 78 percent score for the 2013 session alone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Raymond E. "Ray" Garofalo, Jr. )〕 In the 2012, session Garofalo was the subject of an ultimately unsuccessful recall instigated by disgruntled professional educators in his district who object to his conservative House votes on issues related to school vouchers and education reform which had been popular positions shown in public opinion polls during the 2011 election period. ==Support for the Marriage and Conscience Act== On May 19, 2015, Garofalo was the only other member of the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee to support the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican Representative Mike Johnson of Bossier Parish and strongly supported by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum. Governor Bobby Jindal, who supported the legislation, then issued an executive order to implement the measure. Johnson said that he will in 2016, if he is reelected, re-introduce the measure because he prefers a statutory law to address the issue. Johnson explained that the measure is designed to block the state government from pulling licenses or tax benefits from a company because of the owner's counter view of same-sex marriage. Four Republicans voted to table the bill, Nancy Landry of Lafayette, Gregory A. Miller of Norco, Mike "Pete" Huval of Breaux Bridge, and Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales, who voted to table on a 10-2 vote. Among Democrats who opposed the measure were committee chairman Neil Abramson and Joseph Bouie, Jr., both of New Orleans, Patrick O. Jefferson of Arcadia, and Alfred C. Williams of Baton Rouge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Garofalo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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