3 posts tagged “gay marriage”

What have I done!

Checking out the equality score card to find out if GLBT citizens in my state are second class citizens, I got a shock (not a huge one...but still...)

I have taken you, my Trentie, from a state with a 4.0 score (out of six) to one of the three worst states in the union with a score of 0.5 Ohio is in the company of only Idaho & Mississippi...we're behind Alabama fer Buddha's sake!

How does your state fare?

http://www.equalitygiving.org/States-of-Equality-and-Gay-Rights-Scorecard

(Oh, and it doesn't matter if you pick the state I actually took him from: Massachusettes or the state of his birth: Maine...both have that 4.0 score).

Sigh...

I need a laugh...here:

Thanks to Heather who had this on her Vox & it made me larf so hard...since we live it every morning...minus the bat, though I do have recurring headaches lately, hmmm.

So my favorite representative responded to an e-mail I sent him urging him to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act--YES, I knew he wouldn't. But I keep sending them. Just so he knows what a poor job he is doing. Just so he knows we're watching & his time in office is limited.

Here's the response:

Dear Timothy :

Thank you for writing to me to express your thoughts on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). It is good to hear from you.

H.R. 2015, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, was introduced by Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA). The bill would create a Federal prohibition against employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity and provide for remedies in cases of such discrimination.

I oppose any legislation which would provide special rights based on sexual orientation. I believe this type of legislation would set aside a new category of Americans for special protection under the law. I believe all people should have the same rights accorded under the Constitution. No one person should have an advantage or preference over another. It is important that our nation does not disintegrate into a society of separate groups defined by certain characteristics and, even more so, the Federal government should not sanction one group over another.

In addition, the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "No State... shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The courts have used the Fourteenth Amendment as a standard to uphold equal rights for all Americans under the Constitution. As a result, I believe it is unnecessary to add Federal law to spell out equal treatment for any gender, race, religion, or sexual preference. The Constitution is very clear on this point -- everyone is covered and I believe people should always be judged with only one criterion during an employment decision -- that they are the most qualified person for the job.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me with your thoughts. Please do not hesitate to call or write if I can be of assistance in the future.

Sincerely,

John A. Boehner

Yes! It's the old saw: "this will grant special rights to gays and lesbians"

"Bullshit" is not a strong enough response. He knows he is full of shit. He knows he is as much as saying that it's the right of every employer to fire the faggots and dykes and trannies if they want to. That's right Boner, it would be a special right and protection for me to know that my job is secure. Heaven forefend, I should have that security!

Then he adds insult to injury by telling me that I HAVE equal rights under the law and a federal law is unnecessary. Hmmm. Can I marry the man I love, Boner? Did you vote for "DOMA" Boner? (I know you did!) SO you STRIPPED ME and every gay and lesbian of equal rights under the law. Hmmm...Yes, most definitely! The Idiot Chronicles continue!

I got a strange call at my house the other day. It started with this self-important sounding woman saying "I'm against gay marriage. If you believe that marriage is before god and should be between one man and one woman press one now."

Being a gay man looking forward to marrying my partner, I did not press one.

She went on after a pause, "Massachusetts courts have approved gay marriage, and now gays can marry in Massachusetts and move to your state."

That's not true, I thought. I'd love to marry Trent in Massachusetts and then be the test case in Ohio, but I can't! She's got to be saying this just to incite people to call their congress people or something.

"I am a mother of three small children--"

Poor kids, I thought.

"And I want to do everything I can to protect them. If you want to protect children and get information on a corporate conspiracy to support gays' rights to marriage and child pornography, press one now or call 877-266-6277."

I still didn't press one nor did I call the number. She just hadn't made her case...

I did put my library skills to work, and this is what I found: They're a bunch of Christian phone slammers. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a company that tricks you into changing your phone service provider...and usually you pay a lot more for inferior service...United American Technologies (check out the wikipedia article here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_American_Technologies). Wow, I thought...they're helping the gay cause!

How are they doing that, you ask?

By punishing the bigots! People who don't want to change their phone service, but who are homophobic bigots will have their phone service switched by a bunch of lying criminals. The bigots will pay more and have a hell of a time getting their real phone service back. What fun!

Of course a chunk of the proceeds go to a 527 organization called "Faith Family and Freedom" which pads the pockets of Republican Oklahoma Representative Lance Cargill--ahhh! Republicans always crying for a more honest, family-centered future while sticking it to anyone they can, lying, and pillaging other countries. Ain't Ahmerika grand?

Tra LA! Now for some relaxing music...

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