CPT_Doom:
Hulaboy - you are correct, to a point. I am disgusted by Kerry's attitude on gay marriage - it's nonsensical at best to separate civil and religious marriage only for gays, but he is not fanning the flames of hate to the same extent Bush is. Were Kerry to ever ask me for money for his campaign, I will refuse because of his stance on gay marriage, and let him know that, but I will still vote for him as the lesser of two evils. Meanwhile, having finally caught up with the news (I have been on a business trip and have missed most newcasts), I have sent the following email to Mr. Bush:
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Mr. Bush,
I want to thank you for finally speaking out on the subject of gay marriage, and for supporting the Federal Marriage Amendment. The country can now clearly see the depth of your moral character and ethical nature - namely, that you have neither. Finally, the myth of your \"compassionate conservatism\" has been shattered and you have been revealed for the cynical politico that you are - a bigot who is willing to sacrifice millions of his fellow Americans for mere political expediency. History will now have even more evidence to brand you one of the worst, if not the very worst, leader this country has ever known.
But you have not gone far enough - after all, Mr. Bush, if myself and people like me represent a threat to the very foundations of society - if we faggots and dykes will damage marriage were the government to recognize our value, our worth and the importance of our relationships - then you must do more. After all, this Amendment, although it would enshrine some of the most vicious and violent prejudice in the very founding documents of MY country, only blocks legal recognition of our relationships - it merely makes our lives a little harder.
But Mr. Bush we are still out there - every day going to work, paying our takes (personally, I've paid more than 26,000 dollars in federal tax in the last 2 years alone), buying homes, raising children, and being married in the eyes of our friends, churches and God himself (someone you clearly need to be introduced to). If our lives are damaging, if our very existence is a threat to the nation, then the absence of mere legal recognition of our relationships cannot do much to stop the damage. Even without gay marriage, our friends, family members, co-workers and neighbors are learning every day that we are human beings, that we can have positive lives, that we are in reality no different than any other person. Every day gay teens are learning they don't have to accept your bigotry and harassment, that they can have wonderful, fulfilled lives as openly gay people, that they don't have to hide in the shadows in deference to hatemongers like you. These are the \"subversive\" actions that we carry - that you believe must be stopped by writing discrimination into the Constitution.
Those actions will continue, Mr. Bush - if anything you have made them more likely. And if those actions are really \"subversive,\" if gay people coming together in loving relationships is a threat to the nation, then you have not stopped us. You may block legal marriage, but you cannot stop marriage of the heart, of the soul. Those marriages will continue.
So, I fully expect you to respond to our overall threat -first you must dump that dyke daughter of Cheney from your re-election campaign - and never allow her disgusting form to darken the White House doorstep again (I mean, what if she got to those drunks you bore with Laura - they might turn gay just from being in the same room with her, right?). Then you must fire every single gay employee of the federal government, including the at least 20% of the military that comprises fags and dykes. Sure the government and the military would stop functioning, but if we are that big a threat to the nation, what other choice do you have?
Then, of course, the next step is to create the concentration camps to lock us up and ensure our \"subversive\" nature is not exposed to \"normal\" Americans - the straight ones you think are so important. After that, of course, there is only one option - the one explicitly required by the perversion of a \"bible\" you believe in - we must be executed Mr. Bush. If you really want your bigotry and prejudice to last for all eternity, you must kill us all - remember, it was only 8 years between the first Nuremburg laws in Nazi Germany and the Final Solution - how long will you and your \"Christian\" supporters wait until you start demanding the same thing for us?
You cannot prevent the tide of history, Mr. Bush, with any actions short of this. We will continue to come out, we will continue to demonstrate that your attitudes, your hatred, your disgusting attacks on us, are all based on lies, myths and stereotypes. You cannot prevent us from undermining your sick and twisted vision for this country unless you eliminate us totally.
This is the path you have chosen - and may God have mercy on your soul. The sins you are committing against gay people are so atrocious, so completely counter to any concept of Christianity, that you risk allowing hate to be the basis of your life. You disgust me, Mr. Bush, and certainly know that I will be working against your election in the fall.
I don't for one minute believe he will read this, or if he ever sees it, will be affected by it - but perhaps his staff will. If only one person quit their job with this administration over this issue, I would be happy.
Incredible!!!!! I wish I had the talent to write that you do.
What I think you should do is send it to your local paper, along with the note that you sent this to the white house.
You rock!
When will these stupid people get it through their heads that this has nothing to do with religion. Only the religious types make it that way. When San Francisco started issuing marriage licenses, did everyone rush out to the nearest Catholic church to get married? No, we are talking about civil marriage here, you can keep your religious marriage. And as far as bigotry and discrimination, please tell me what is the situation we have now? Who are the bigots are who is discriminated against?