Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Gets Hairstylist Offers Despite Opposing Gay Marriage

WASHINGTON -- Quelling growing national concern over the status of her hair, Gov. Susana Martinez's office said on Wednesday that other hairstylists had offered their services after hers quit over philosophical disagreements about same-sex marriage.

The New Mexico Republican's shoulder-length bob had been left in peril when stylist Antonio Darden, objecting to her opposition to marriage equality, declined to take an appointment this week.

Unfortunately for Darden's sake, others did not join his mutiny.

Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell told the Albuquerque Journal that the governor had received calls "from about a half-dozen hairstyling businesses today saying they would be more than happy to cut the Governor's hair."

Darden had cut Martinez's hair on three occasions, so the emotional attachment between the two likely wasn't too strong. The Huffington Post reached out to the stylist, but the call went to voice mail.

Comments

[Tom Kendro]

05:33 PM on 02/26/2012

Imagine the outrage if someone wouldn't provide a service to someone because they are gay. The stylist should be punished in the same way under the same laws. He is doing business as a public entity which are subject to business laws. He should lose or at least have his license suspended as a hairdresser.
You want equality, here it is!

[BooBoo Bob]

03:32 AM on 02/27/2012

I'm not quite sure you understand the concept of "management may refuse service to anyone for any reason".

A person cannot lose any kind of license for refusal of service.

Look. Equality.

[Tom Kendro]

07:25 AM on 02/27/2012

So if I own a business and don't want to serve a partiicular race or sexual orientation or religion...no problem!

Sorry,i do understand. This rule applies to private clubs, sometimes, not to general businesses or dba's.

You need a better reason than a different opinion.

[Norcal2]

11:54 AM on 02/24/2012

Is her new do a mullet?

[jensenge]

11:39 PM on 02/23/2012

Gov. Martinez knows there are still a few good morally straight hairdressers out there!

[BooBoo Bob]

03:34 AM on 02/27/2012

I'm reminded of a phrase from another poster.

"A straight male hairdresser will make a woman look the way he wants her to look. A female hairdresser will not make her look as good as she does. A gay hairdresser will make her look beautiful."

Also? Promoting hate? Not morally correct.

[Tony Campbell]

10:05 PM on 02/23/2012

Now who is she going to get to cut that Rat's nest? Perhaps the same barber shop that Heather Wilson uses to get her Lesbian hair doo? Don't piss off the gays. Just Sayin'

[Ioan Lightoller]

07:00 PM on 02/23/2012

I'm sure there are plenty of hater hair stylists (and I use the term loosely). Hope she gets one that makes her look like the idiot that she is.

[MaxHeadroom]

05:11 PM on 02/23/2012

"Hairy Situation"??

What, she ran out of Nair or something?

[rich r]

02:18 PM on 02/23/2012

Remember, ladies, the higher the hair the closer to Jebus.

[scollingsworth]

02:13 PM on 02/23/2012

She'll come back with a nice beehive hairdo. Isn't that what all the Fundamentalist hairdressers like to give their Church ladies?

[Ioan Lightoller]

06:56 PM on 02/23/2012

LOL. Reminds me of the Wives in the "Handmaid's Tale". I notice that so many RR women tend to have similar hairdos, often several years out of date.

[Terri Skau]

01:38 PM on 02/23/2012

-= Senate Appropriations =-

Did you know that each year the Treasury allots a certain amount of taxpayer money to go to the “Senate Hair Care Revolving Fund”?
Yep… The Federal Government has a fund that was created specifically for the hair care of its Senators! For fiscal year 2010, $33,387 was used to outlay this expense. The word outlay simply means “to spend, an amount expended, paid expenditures”.
There are only 100 Senators – 2 representing each of the 50 states.
This means that on each senator $333.87 in taxpayer money was spent to keep them looking sharp for the cameras, hairpieces and all!
But then, I guess that’s about what you’d expect from a fake Hollywood production like this.
But even more importantly, this “revolving fund” has a balance, which is appropriated solely for this Senatorial hair care. That fund balance, which is invested and gains each year, is $261,117.19. That represents a gain for this fund over fiscal year 2009 of about $36,000.
So we have a quarter of a million dollars designated for Senatorial hair care while many U.S. citizens live in destitute tent cities. It’s kinda funny… and kinda not.

[considerthis]

01:31 PM on 02/23/2012

She better watch out -- all her hair will turn green or fall out the next day. Revenge is sweet!

[Lawyer13]

01:24 PM on 02/23/2012

A view from across the pond : It looks from the photograph that she needs to change her hair stylist anyway, but this is all a little silly over the semantics of weddings and marriage for gay people. I am all in favour of equal rights for gays and lesbians to have a civil partnership which confers the same rights as a civil marriage in any event, as you may know we have had Civial Partnerships in the UK for some years.

[salamanca1]

01:16 PM on 02/23/2012

That's such a heartwarming piece of fatuous tripe.

[Ioan Lightoller]

06:57 PM on 02/23/2012

I agree. Opposition to marriage equality is fatuous tripe.

[Thomas Bradley]

01:16 PM on 02/23/2012

Our long national nightmare is over.

[Jimmy Wang]

01:10 PM on 02/23/2012

First of all, why is this newsworthy? Refusal of service is done based on one's religious belief is done all the time and I know she will find others to do her hair. I believe all establishment can refuse service at any time but in today's economy? You'll be happy to keep any client at all. Please..HP..I know that HP is an advocate news organization but this is NOT NEWSWORTHY.

[azcamp]

01:02 PM on 02/23/2012

Is this worthy of words?

[Lawyer13]

01:27 PM on 02/23/2012

Probably but you guys in the USA think EVERYTHING is news worthy, but for you post you get an F & F from London England and good wishes too

[lizmckenzie55]

01:36 PM on 02/23/2012

How nice ... yours is the kind of post that can make a person smile ... F/F for the smile on my face.

How's the weather across the pond today? We're expecting snow. =(