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Here are the Marriage Equality candidates facing primaries this year. Voting in the primaries is this Tuesday September 11th. You can help out by heading to http://fightbackri.com/events/ and joining a Get Out The Vote campaign these few days before the elections. Rhode Island Senate District 9 (West Warwick) – Adam Satchell District 14 (East Providence) – Bob DaSilva District 19 (Cumberland, Lincoln) – Ryan Pearson District 24 (Woonsocket, North Smithfield) – Lewis Pryeor District 26 (Cranston) – Rev. Gene Dyszlewski District 29 (Warwick) – Laura Pisaturo District 33 (Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich) – Dave Gorman Rhode Island House of Representatives District 2 (Providence) – Chris Blazejewski District 8 (Providence) – Libby Kimzey District 11 (Providence) – Grace Diaz District 12 (Providence) – Joseph Almeida District 18 (Cranston) – Art Handy District 40 (Coventry, Foster, Glocester) – Jon Restivo District 44 (Lincoln, Smithfield, Johnston) – Peter Petrarca District 49 (Woonsocket) – Michael Morin District 59 (Pawtucket) – J. Patrick O’Neill District 63 (East Providence) – Charles Tsonos District 65 (East Providence) – Gregg Amore District 73 (Newport, Middletown) – Marvin Abney These endorsements are taken from http://fightbackri.com/ which endorses Marriage Equality candidates.
To find out what district you are in, visit the Secretary of State's Website at http://sos.ri.gov/vic/ “They Won’t Magically Turn You Into A Lustful Cockmonster,” says Chris Kluwe in an open letter response to this letter written by Emmett C. Burns, a Maryland state delegate. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has spoken out in favor of a Maryland ballot initiative that would legalize gay marriage. Yahoo has published a letter that Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. wrote last week to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, urging him to "inhibit such expressions from your employee." This is Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe's response to Burns. Dear Emmett C. Burns Jr.,
I find it inconceivable that you are an elected official of Maryland's state government. Your vitriolic hatred and bigotry make me ashamed and disgusted to think that you are in any way responsible for shaping policy at any level. The views you espouse neglect to consider several fundamental key points, which I will outline in great detail (you may want to hire an intern to help you with the longer words): 1. As I suspect you have not read the Constitution, I would like to remind you that the very first, the VERY FIRST Amendment in this founding document deals with the freedom of speech, particularly the abridgment of said freedom. By using your position as an elected official (when referring to your constituents so as to implicitly threaten the Ravens organization) to state that the Ravens should "inhibit such expressions from your employees," more specifically Brendon Ayanbadejo, not only are you clearly violating the First Amendment, you also come across as a narcissistic fromunda stain. What on earth would possess you to be so mind-boggingly stupid? It baffles me that a man such as yourself, a man who relies on that same First Amendment to pursue your own religious studies without fear of persecution from the state, could somehow justify stifling another person's right to speech. To call that hypocritical would be to do a disservice to the word. Mindfucking obscenely hypocritical starts to approach it a little bit. 2. "Many of your fans are opposed to such a view and feel it has no place in a sport that is strictly for pride, entertainment, and excitement." Holy fucking shitballs. Did you seriously just say that, as someone who's "deeply involved in government task forces on the legacy of slavery in Maryland"? Have you not heard of Kenny Washington? Jackie Robinson? As recently as 1962 the NFL still had segregation, which was only done away with by brave athletes and coaches daring to speak their mind and do the right thing, and you're going to say that political views have "no place in a sport"? I can't even begin to fathom the cognitive dissonance that must be coursing through your rapidly addled mind right now; the mental gymnastics your brain has to tortuously contort itself through to make such a preposterous statement are surely worthy of an Olympic gold medal (the Russian judge gives you a 10 for "beautiful oppressionism"). 3. This is more a personal quibble of mine, but why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate the fact that other people want a chance to live their lives and be happy, even though they may believe in something different than you, or act different than you? How does gay marriage, in any way shape or form, affect your life? If gay marriage becomes legal, are you worried that all of a sudden you'll start thinking about penis? "Oh shit. Gay marriage just passed. Gotta get me some of that hot dong action!" Will all of your friends suddenly turn gay and refuse to come to your Sunday Ticket grill-outs? (Unlikely, since gay people enjoy watching football too.) I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won't come into your house and steal your children. They won't magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won't even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population—rights like Social Security benefits, child care tax credits, Family and Medical Leave to take care of loved ones, and COBRA healthcare for spouses and children. You know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails. Do the civil-rights struggles of the past 200 years mean absolutely nothing to you? In closing, I would like to say that I hope this letter, in some small way, causes you to reflect upon the magnitude of the colossal foot in mouth clusterfuck you so brazenly unleashed on a man whose only crime was speaking out for something he believed in. Best of luck in the next election; I'm fairly certain you might need it. Sincerely, Chris Kluwe P.S. I've also been vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can take your "I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing" and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking in empathy piehole and choke on it. Asshole. See the Full article on Deadspin.com "Democrats became the first major American political party to approve a platform endorsing marriage equality." The Democratic Party made history at its national convention Tuesday when it became the first major American political party to endorse marriage equality in its platform, drawing a sharp contrast with the Republican Party’s official stance on the issue. Delegates approved the platform with its explicit mention of “marriage equality” by voice vote on the floor of the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina shortly after 6 p.m. Part of the difference between the parties includes LGBT civil rights, which are addressed under the Democratic platform’s “Protecting Rights and Freedoms” section. The section includes an endorsement of the Employment Non-discrimination Act, saying that, “People should not be fired based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.” The section also includes the new “Freedom to Marry” plank that the platform committee approved unanimously for the first time last month. “We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law,” says the document. “We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference.” “We oppose discriminatory federal and state constitutional amendments and other attempts to deny equal protection of the laws to committed same-sex couples who seek the same respect and responsibilities as other married couples,” continues the platform. “We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act.” This article was taken from the Advocate.com http://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2012/09/04/democrats-approve-marriage-equality-platform The Full Democratic Platform is available at http://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platform First Night was a Huge Success with over 150 joining the Gay Straight Alliance and the LGBTQ Center. Like in years past, we had a booth near the LGBTQ Center - so close, we were literally the same booth. Also, we were glad to have a former executive, Portia Burnette, with us promoting the Women's LBTQ Group. We made frozen mocktails and provided a new signup form for people to join our group by providing a computer for people to access our form on our Website. All in All, a successful evening. Thank you to all our members that helped out. (Matt Curtis, Kevin Cruz, Emily Goupil, Ryan Lee, Drew Anderson, and the many others that made this night a success were not part of this picture that happened earlier in the night) |
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