Remember a few days ago, when Rep. Dennis Richardson sent out a newsletter equating the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech with the legislature’s votes on non-discrimination and domestic partnerships?

Basic Rights Oregon issued a response yesterday:

In a newsletter titled “A Tragic Week in Review”, Rep. Dennis Richardson stated,

“This past week has been like no other. On Monday the world witnessed the tragedy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. On Tuesday Oregon witnessed the passage of Domestic Benefits for same-sex couples (HB 2007) and Civil Rights based on sexual orientation.”

Said [Basic Rights Oregon Interim Executive Director Aisling] Coghlan, “While our nation mourns the unprecedented loss of life at Virginia Tech, and tries to recover from the enormity of this loss, Rep. Richardson makes a vulgar comparison insulting to not only Oregonians, but to those most deeply impacted by the massacre. For Richardson to say that protecting Oregon families in times of crisis is equivalent to the mass murder of some of the best and brightest America has to offer is beyond extremely distasteful—it is outright abhorrent.”

Basic Rights Oregon’s thoughts and prayers are with the students, faculty, families and entire school community as they recover from this devastating event at Virginia Tech.

Today, Rep. Richardson shot back, calling BRO “misguided”:

Yeah, “never” did he compare the two events. Except when he called the damn newsletter “A Tragic Week in Review.”