This is Massachusetts State Representative James R. Miceli. Yesterday, he was one of the 45 members of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (our fancy name for our state legislature) to vote in favor of a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
This man is my state representative. But let me state as publicly as possible that HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME.
He represents prejudice and narrow-minded thinking. He represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the very notion of equal rights under the law. He represents hatred, bigotry and fear. He represents an appalling willingness to dehumanize others for the sake of moralistic pandering. He represents disrespect.
James R. Miceli has decided that he would like to take it to the next level: he has announced his candidacy for the Congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan. Representative Meehan has supported gay rights in his role as Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and in general during his tenure in the House.
Through the oddities of district alignments, while I presently live in Miceli’s state house district, I do not live in Meehan’s Congressional district (my Congressman is John Tierney, who supports gay rights issues). Consequently, I won’t get the opportunity to vote against him, should he somehow manage to get the Democratic nomination, but I look forward to supporting a candidate to replace him in the state house and urge Democrats who live in the Fifth Congressional District to actively oppose this man.
Massachusetts has now made it abundantly clear that intolerance and bigotry have no place in our laws, and those who champion such should not be allowed to claim to represent us on Beacon Hill or on Capitol Hill.
Comments:
Bravo!
Unbelievable… and he’s a Democrat. See, the whole country is succumbing to stupidity.
Posted by Sarah [URL] on 06/15/07
Well, stupidity isn’t partisan. There are quite a few morons on the Democratic side of the aisle, too.
Even in that evolution poll, 40% of Democrats didn’t believe in evolution.
Posted by Brian [URL] on 06/15/07
We have one of those here too…turn coat who campaigned not only against same sex marriages but led the charge to elect the cowboy. Asshole.
Posted by Karan [URL] on 06/16/07
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