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Bothered, Betrayed, and Be-deviled
Feb. 24th, 2004 07:53 pmI don't know why I feel so wounded by this. I should take this in stride, I knew in the back of my head that President Bush would eventually endorse the Federal Marriage Amendment, still, he waffled and wavered, keeping up with the "one man, one woman" mantra that seems to show that he was not willing, or perhaps incapable of coming up with any other viable argument. Still, when he actually announced his support, and his flimsy argument for it, "oh, we're troubled by the judges..." (because you A. can't seem to control them, darn, and B. just don't like gays, but it would be wrong to say that publicly) it truly shot through my heart. Some man of the people you are, Mr. Bush.
You may know that I voted for Bush in 2000. I've voted for lots of Republicans, mostly on fiscal issues, but leave it to Bush to come in and find he actually likes big government, and then goes and makes it bigger. Did you change your mind somewhere between the 2000 campaign and now? I truly feel betrayed. Sure, I never though of the Republicans as championing gay rights, and maybe I've never really voted on that issue before, but it is important to me. When you blatantly come in and say, you are not equal in my eyes, and you will not be treated equally in this country...I think that you should lose my vote. Unfortunately, I dislike what the Democrats bring to the table, too. I truly feel disenfranchised in my own country, and by god I'm going to tell people about it.
I was enraged all day at work, but I channelled most of the energy into writing a letter, now to be an open letter, to the president. I don't expect he'll ever read it, but I'll feel better for at least trying. I would have gotten home earlier, but a co-worker saw that I was upset and we chatted about the subject for about 45 minutes. He's straight, life-long democrat, and we've debated politics before. I don't think he's ever seen me so troubled, but I truly have lost a spot in the political process, and am truly ashamed of this country today.
( So, because I ruined my gift to worker productivity today, I present to you my letter, soon to be graced with a 37 cent stamp, to President Bush. It's long, so it gets a cut. )
You may know that I voted for Bush in 2000. I've voted for lots of Republicans, mostly on fiscal issues, but leave it to Bush to come in and find he actually likes big government, and then goes and makes it bigger. Did you change your mind somewhere between the 2000 campaign and now? I truly feel betrayed. Sure, I never though of the Republicans as championing gay rights, and maybe I've never really voted on that issue before, but it is important to me. When you blatantly come in and say, you are not equal in my eyes, and you will not be treated equally in this country...I think that you should lose my vote. Unfortunately, I dislike what the Democrats bring to the table, too. I truly feel disenfranchised in my own country, and by god I'm going to tell people about it.
I was enraged all day at work, but I channelled most of the energy into writing a letter, now to be an open letter, to the president. I don't expect he'll ever read it, but I'll feel better for at least trying. I would have gotten home earlier, but a co-worker saw that I was upset and we chatted about the subject for about 45 minutes. He's straight, life-long democrat, and we've debated politics before. I don't think he's ever seen me so troubled, but I truly have lost a spot in the political process, and am truly ashamed of this country today.
( So, because I ruined my gift to worker productivity today, I present to you my letter, soon to be graced with a 37 cent stamp, to President Bush. It's long, so it gets a cut. )
