One of the people currently reviving the "no gay marriage" fight is John Eichelberger, R (naturally) of Blair county. Recently, he said something particularly heinous in a hearing:
They’re not being punished. We’re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We’re just not rewarding them with any special designation.
I've written the following to Eichelberger to take him to task for his bigotry:
I understand you said the following in reference to homosexuals in a hearing the other day:
They’re not being punished. We’re allowing them to exist, and do what every American can do. We’re just not rewarding them with any special designation.
Thank-you for living out that famous cliche about Pennsylvania: "It's Philadelphia in the East, Pittsburgh in the West and Alabama in the middle."
If anyone ever said "We're allowing them to exist" in reference to, say, white men or fundamentalist Christians, would you have agreed with THAT ATTITUDE too?
I thought Pennsylvanians got rid of that level of state-sanctioned bigotry when we voted out Rick Santorum.
I know people like you will never change your minds about bigotry. I can only hope to help educate your constituency that bigotry in a modern society is unacceptable.
Laurie Mann
McDonald, PA
