This site has been offline for about a year while I've been busy doing other things and getting on with life. With only a couple days remaining until the 2008 General Election, I had to get back online and put my thoughts out there.
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I have not been this excited about a presidential election in many, many years. I don't understand those who say they are going to vote for the lesser of two evils. To me, there is a very clear choice. I believe that Barack Obama has a vision for America... a vision shared by Americans in which we can get our country back on track. I believe that he and those with whom he will surround himself will be listening to the voice of the people and making the right decisions. The past eight years have been filled with egotism and a lack of understanding or rather, a blatant disregard for anything other than what works best for those in power. I was at the Orlando Rally where Obama and Hillary were together for the first time since the Democratic Convention. I walked about 1/2 mile through the line and saw more diversity with a common cause than I have seen in quite some time. There were children, elderly, teens, college students, Yuppies, Guppies, mixed race, straight, gay... a rainbow of diversity. There were 60,000 people there intently listening and cheering the prospects of hope and change for this great country of ours. drg |
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I don't know what to say other than... how can freedom loving people say it's OK to legislate discrimination? Sadly, we did it when we discriminated against women, against Blacks, against Native Americans. We say we've learned from our past mistakes. If this is true... discriminating amendments like Florida's Amendment 2 should never be considered. drg What effect will it have if it is passed?
The amendment would have an especially harsh impact on Florida's large senior population, many of whom form domestic partnerships rather than remarry after they are widowed in order not to risk losing essential benefits. Same-sex couples, who are already denied the right to marry by law, would now be denied the right to any kind of meaningful legal protection. The vague language in the amendment, "the substantial equivalent thereof", will plunge Florida into lawsuits, much as has happened in other states. In every instance around the country, those behind these amendments immediately seek to have it interpreted in the most restrictive way possible for all unmarried people. |
