Down on the floor

That piece of shit legislation HJR 6 passed out of committee today, 6-1, on its way to a floor vote. Two Democrats were out wandering the halls, unaware this issue was even being voted on, not that it would have made a lick of difference.

I don't know where the Texas Lege gets off and discussing other people's morals and what is and is not an affront to God. Fix the roads first. If you can do that, then we might be able to talk about what you can do to fix society and get rid of us Godless heathen liberals and gays.

But you can't do that because almost every member of the Texas House is a complete idiot. None of them know what the bill that they've introduced says, what their amendment would actually do to the bill or what they are doing there in the first place. But they sure do know that they hate fags.

I'm so disgusted right now; I almost want to say I'm too disgusted to call myself a Texan. I've been able reconcile what I consider being a real Texan and being a fake Texan. Real Texans feel a need to not have government get involved in their relationships. Fake Texans spend their time talking about how they're from Texas and don't their cowboy boots look good? And fake Texans have their barbeques at their "ranch" where nothing is raised outside of Crawford Texas catered by people who don't know the first damn thing about barbeques.

But when the government of Texas passes more shit like this just because they don't like certain people, then I am ashamed to have my accent. I'm ashamed to say I'm fom the Lone Star State because that might mean I'm a bigot like those people. That hurts me more than anything else.

I mean, I'm not gay, so the legislation won't make that much difference for me. But the idea that some of my friends aren't going to have the same rights as me because they were born different than me seems anathema to everything I believe makes our country the best.

I've always been able to say that the people in Texas history who joined the Confederacy to protect slavery or the people who bombed black churches weren't us. They were some people a long time ago in this state, but we're different. If this sort of thing passes, it means my generation has to look at their parents and realize that they are no different than those others who spent their time terrorizing a group of people and making them second-class citizens.

I don't see any difference in the two. The civil rights movement was based on ethnicity and skin color and this movement is based on sexual orientation, both of which are decided long before you are born. It's important that we understand that in order to really fight against the bigotry and discrimination that people are going to throw at our gay brothers and sisters.

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[Randall Ellis]

Martha Wong was quick to get her justifcation for her vote in favor off the presses.

http://www.pinkdome.com/Statement%20by%20Martha%20Wong%20on%20HJR%206.pdf

LGRL’s Statement in Response to Martha Wong’s statement.

“The rights of minorities should never be subject to a vote by the majority. I had hoped that as an Asian –American, Representative Wong, would understand this tenet of civil rights. I am very disappointed that Representative Wong did not vote with her district and has decided to allow the lives, safety and dignity of thousand of Texans families to be subject to a state wide vote.

I appreciate the fact that Representative Wong states she is working to help LGBT families with the issue of hospital visitation, but her own statement shows that there is a need to pass legislation that will help protect LGBT families. Without the protections that marriage offers, blood relatives have rights that supersede those of same-sex partners. A marriage certificate costs 41 dollars. The attorney fees required to obtain just a handful of the responsibilities and rights that marriage such as a power of attorney or living will costs thousands of dollars and are very often successfully challenged by blood relatives.

Her vote will help perpetuate the discrimination and hate towards LGBT people that Texas has come to represent. LGRL calls on Representative Wong’s colleagues to take pause before they act as hastily as Representative Wong in voting for this anti-family measure."

['stina]

Martha Wong represents gay people. She probably represents more gay people than any other representative in the legislature. She gets NO pass for voting for this piece of crap, even if she claims she tried to water it down.