this is james leon holmes. he goes by leon, not by james. but he was the president of the arkansas right to life group. he headed up in arkansas an effort to amend the state's constitution to ban all abortion. even in instances where the pregnancy could hurt the mother or where it was caused by incest or where it was caused by rape. the idea that being a rape victim might be enough to excuse you from the state forcing you to carry a child to term, that idea really got under james leon holmes' skin. he wrote a letter once to the editor of the moline daily dispatch explaining people should stop worrying about rape victims in cases like this. he said, quote, concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in miami. that's james leon holmes. he wrote that in 1980. during the george w. bush administration, president bush gave him a lifetime appointment as a federal judge. james leon holmes is now the chief judge of the eastern district federal court in the state of ar

i am the oldest granddaughter of james leon, he is a monster fighting and so am i. that comes from southern tales of supernatural. a porch lie is not a mean or vicious lie, it is a story of exaggeration and humor. the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me

"the atlantic" reports that james leon holmes, tapped for a federal judgeship by president george w. bush wrote in 1980 concern for rape victims is a red herring, because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in miami. in 1988, pennsylvania state representative stephen friend said in a debate, the odds are one in millions and millions and millions. rape obviously is a traumatic experience. when that traumatic experience is undergone a woman secretes a certain secretion which has a tendency to kill sperm. in 1995, henry aldridge said the facts show that people who are raped, who are truly raped, the juices don't flow. the body functions don't work and they don't get pregnant. that came during a debate to cut state abortion funding for poor women. more than anything, akin's latest comments have created a considerable problem for the republican party on whole. the rnc confirms to nbc news that the quote, human life amendment making abortions illegal in all cases, including rape and incest, is a part of the gop platform. it was also a platform posi