Edwina Rogers Dismisses Claims in Her Lawsuit Against Richard Dawkins and Atheist Lobbying Group

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Hmm - had you heard of Rogers before?

Don't assume she's the one with less power here:

In 1989, she married Ed Rogers, a protege of political strategist Lee Atwater who served in two administrations and founded a lobbying firm with former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour. The couple lived in an 18,000-square-foot mansion in McLean, had two children, and named their son Haley. The couple divorced in 2012 .[5][7]

Rogers worked on International Trade matters for President George H. W. Bush at the Department of Commerce from 1989 to 1991. She practiced law in the Washington office of Balch and Bingham from 1991 until 1994, then served as General Counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the Republican take-over of the Senate in 1994. She worked for Senator Trent Lott while he was a Majority Leader in 1999.[6]

She was an Economic Advisor for President George W. Bush at the White House during 2001 and 2002 at the National Economic Council, focusing on health and social security policy.[6]
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In answer to her skeptical critics, Rogers describes herself as “nontheist” and as a libertarian-leaning economic conservative who is also “laissez-faire on social issues”.[5] According to Rogers, being a professional lobbyist and political staffer meant going along with certain causes even when she didn't believe in them. In 2007, when Rogers was vice president of health policy for the ERISA Industry Committee, Rogers testified in the House against a bill mandating more generous mental-health coverage, even though she personally favored the legislation. And she handled health-policy issues for pro-life senator Jeff Sessions despite being pro-choice herself.[5] Rogers states she has donated to Planned Parenthood over the past 25 years.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina_Rogers

Compare that with Amanda Metskas and Roy Speckhardt, whom she had been accusing of the evil plot. Speckhardt has no connections - he's just worked in the atheist/humanist/secular organizations; Amanda Metskas doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry.