Now this makes for very interesting politics.  A Democrat Pentecostal Minister from the Bronx who breaks with his Democrat colleagues on social issues.  This guy is staying to true to his beliefs.  Can’t fault him for that – though we bet New York Democrats in Albany can and will.  If you don’t toe the party line, get off the rope.  From the New York Post:

In a move that clouds Democrats’ hopes of ending four decades of Republican control in the state Senate, family-values Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr. announced yesterday that he’s running on both the Republican and Democratic lines this year.

A Pentecostal minister, Díaz , currently a Bronx Democrat only, is seen as a maverick on religiously sensitive issues, like abortion, school prayer and gay marriage.

He described stem-cell research as “the reincarnation of Dr. Joseph Mengele’s experiments” at a floor debate three years ago.

Díaz credited Republican allies, such as former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer), for coming to his aid this year when Democrats attempted to close a detention center in his district as a cost-cutting move.

His flirtation with the Republican line couldn’t come at a worse time for Democrats.

The party has come within two seats of taking the 62-seat Senate – the last bastion of GOP power in state government – for the first time since 1965.

If elections result in a 31-31 tie or Dems net a slim majority, Díaz could play spoiler and help preserve the GOP’s lock on the majority leader’s post.

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