I give up. Really, I do. How are we supposed to look at ourselves with pride when our leaders don't even think we should be happy together.
I never thought that I would say this, but I'm not voting. I'm taking Cathy Cox's bumper sticker off my car.
You're probably wondering what the heck I'm talking about. I think someone was able to put what I'm thinking into cleaer words than I would be able to right now on their blog. This was taken from http://atlantapublicaffairs.blogspot.com written by someone with the username Decatur Guy. Here is his post: (After you read his post, you should go over to his website and read all the comments that were left)
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Cathy Cox Is Dead to Me
Today I am sick and tired of pandering politicians. They say one thing to get your money and your vote and do another. Last night, I received the following press release from Cathy Cox:Secretary of State Cathy Cox released the following statement today:"I am disappointed that Georgia's constitutional amendment defining marriage as a sacred union of one man and one woman has been overturned. I strongly support Attorney General Thurbert Baker's decision to appeal this ruling to the state Supreme Court. Should his efforts fail, I agree that the General Assembly should meet in special session to pass a new resolution that could be voted on in November."The message from the people of Georgia on this issue was loud and clear. An overwhelming majority believes, as I do, that marriage is a sacred union of one man and one woman. Until the people have the opportunity to vote on an amendment in the fall, I am confident that existing state law continues to protect the current definition of marriage."Here is what she said about the Amendment in February 2004:"What's most disturbing about this proposal is that the real agenda is not to clarify the law, instead it's a cynical campaign year attempt to drive a wedge between Georgians and turn one citizen against another," Cox said in a prepared statement. "We ought to be focused in Georgia on creating an environment of equality, fairness and understanding for all our citizens, whatever their orientation.""This initiative is designed to do exactly the opposite."Yesterday, a Cox spokesman said that her "position had not changed." Huh? I'll let you compare the two statements and let you make that decision for yourself.Why did Cathy Cox go so far as to support Governor Perdue's call for a special session? I understand that she cannot come out in favor of gay marriage or even publicly oppose an Amendment supported by 77% of the voters and still be elected to statewide office. But why was it not sufficient just to state that current law still bans gay marriage and that she'll wait to see what the appellate courts decide? Earlier in the day yesterday, that is essentially what she said: "The people of Georgia have always believed, as I do, that marriage is the sacred union of one man and one woman," Cox said. "Despite this new ruling, existing state law, which I strongly support, continues to define marriage as between one man and one woman."Even Mark Taylor holds such as position. According to the Macon Telegraph a "Taylor spokesman said he was hopeful the court would act soon enough and reserved judgement on whether calling lawmakers back to Atlanta was necessary."Maybe Mark Taylor learned his lesson in 2004 that putting a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage on the ballot in November will do more harm to Democrats in the general election, by turning out in droves religious right voters who will vote Republican, than it would to hurt them by opposing it and keeping it off the ballot. Democrats had the chance to stop this whole thing back in 2004, but then Democratic Speaker Terry Coleman push the Amemdent forward, Democrats lost control of the House and the rest is history.What is most disappointing about Cathy Cox, however, is that she has pandered to gay voters all along. Asking for us for our money and our votes. She was even present and warmly welcomed at the HRC dinner in Atlanta last weekend. (CORRECTION: According to the AJC Peach Buzz this morning - link not yet available - Cox was not present at the HRC dinner, she only sent a letter to the group. This despite the fact that the HRC dinner organizers made it seem like she was there to all of us. There has been no comment from anyone at HRC about Cox's press release.) She has been welcomed to the homes of gays and lesbians across Georgia to ask us for our money. At least Mark Taylor or Sonny Perdue have not pretended to be our friends.Now she supports an Amendment that has now been interpreted by the Georgia courts as prohibiting "the state of Georgia from granting same sex unions between Georgia residents any of the advantages given to marriages under state law" or granting same sex couples "any legal status before the law." So basically if it is a "advantage of marriage," gay couples can't have it.Support for such an Amendment, and for Governor Perdue's special session that will solely be focused on taking away the rights of gay people, makes her complicit in such bigotry. I now see very little difference in the 3 major candidates for Governor.So, this is the end of the road for me and Cathy Cox.
# posted by decaturguy @ 9:47 AM
Monday, May 15, 2006
A little self-deprecation is needed every now and then. Some, like myself, find every moment of the day to divulge in the joys of beating oneself down. Well, this past week, I did not need to make myself feel like a fat whore, I had other people to do it. Now, this stuff if funny, like, not laugh out loud funny, but, “OMG, I’m Sorry” type funny. I laughed at least.
Last week was a major break for me. School was finally over. The “Graduation Station Coverage” was over for the commencement ceremonies of the class of 2006—Governor Perdue was the keynote speaker. Early in the morning Mr. Scott called up to the radio station. It was nice to know he was listening, I wish I had had the chance to talk with him. But I digress. Like every year, the end of the school year was busy, like super human I’m Superman on speed busy. And then. It Stops. Last Sunday, everything was done. Grades were turned in; people had packed their bags, and gotten out of town. So of course, like any crazy human being, instead of resting and taking this nice week off between spring semester and summer classes to rest and relax, I lock myself into my apartment and marinate over how depressing my life is, even though it’s not THAT pathetic. I figure this is the perfect time to bring back the lists!
Things I did that I would only do in situations like these:
-Watched like 282288948 movies, or more like three or four, hell I don’t know! I watched a lot of movies…I actually have new movie favorites now.
-New favorite movies: The Family Stone (LOVED that movie. Actually I wanted to write a nice blog post after I watched it, but it’s another movie I watched at six in the morning and was way to tired to type anything about it) and Shopgirl. Shopgirl is the Steve Martin movie. Actually really good. I don’t think they marketed it right for some reason. I thought it was going to be another hooky date movie—possibly a creepy date movie with Claire Danes and Steve Martin as lovers—but it actually turned out to be a very lovely movie.
-Um, made some bad judgment decisions in the boy department.
àSOO…this guy Scott, who I totally liked a while back and thought something could happen has blown and brushed me off two times. I went back each time like a lap dog. The last time, I sent a very passive aggressive e-mail and thought everything was done. OH NO! You would have thought I had a bottle of merlot with me or something! I dug up Scott’s phone number and sent him a text message that said, ‘Hey, how are you?” He sent one back with a smiley face. (OKKAAYYYY) So I send one back saying, “So what have you been up to?” He sends a text back asking, “Who is this?” I respond, “This is Miguel, do you remember me?” He shatters my fractured self-esteem by answering, “No.” Low point number 50 last week.
-So, I’ll admit it. I’m back on some of the gay personals site. Who cares, whatever. So I’m on one of the sites and I see someone interesting. I message them by saying “Hi.” They respond with a resounding, “Bye.” Ouch. Like, I’m just going to walk on over to the courthouse and jump off. All I could do was laugh. I picked up my wounded ego and said back, “Ouch, thanks, good one!” And then I promptly signed off. Love life.
So, I think I’ll walk away from this week with a better of understanding of what I should NOT do when time off from school comes around. I need to find better things to do with my time.
My internship starts next week: YAY! Gas money is way too expensive so I won’t be eating all summer: BOO! But I will lose weight: YAY!
Good day!
Last week was a major break for me. School was finally over. The “Graduation Station Coverage” was over for the commencement ceremonies of the class of 2006—Governor Perdue was the keynote speaker. Early in the morning Mr. Scott called up to the radio station. It was nice to know he was listening, I wish I had had the chance to talk with him. But I digress. Like every year, the end of the school year was busy, like super human I’m Superman on speed busy. And then. It Stops. Last Sunday, everything was done. Grades were turned in; people had packed their bags, and gotten out of town. So of course, like any crazy human being, instead of resting and taking this nice week off between spring semester and summer classes to rest and relax, I lock myself into my apartment and marinate over how depressing my life is, even though it’s not THAT pathetic. I figure this is the perfect time to bring back the lists!
Things I did that I would only do in situations like these:
-Watched like 282288948 movies, or more like three or four, hell I don’t know! I watched a lot of movies…I actually have new movie favorites now.
-New favorite movies: The Family Stone (LOVED that movie. Actually I wanted to write a nice blog post after I watched it, but it’s another movie I watched at six in the morning and was way to tired to type anything about it) and Shopgirl. Shopgirl is the Steve Martin movie. Actually really good. I don’t think they marketed it right for some reason. I thought it was going to be another hooky date movie—possibly a creepy date movie with Claire Danes and Steve Martin as lovers—but it actually turned out to be a very lovely movie.
-Um, made some bad judgment decisions in the boy department.
àSOO…this guy Scott, who I totally liked a while back and thought something could happen has blown and brushed me off two times. I went back each time like a lap dog. The last time, I sent a very passive aggressive e-mail and thought everything was done. OH NO! You would have thought I had a bottle of merlot with me or something! I dug up Scott’s phone number and sent him a text message that said, ‘Hey, how are you?” He sent one back with a smiley face. (OKKAAYYYY) So I send one back saying, “So what have you been up to?” He sends a text back asking, “Who is this?” I respond, “This is Miguel, do you remember me?” He shatters my fractured self-esteem by answering, “No.” Low point number 50 last week.
-So, I’ll admit it. I’m back on some of the gay personals site. Who cares, whatever. So I’m on one of the sites and I see someone interesting. I message them by saying “Hi.” They respond with a resounding, “Bye.” Ouch. Like, I’m just going to walk on over to the courthouse and jump off. All I could do was laugh. I picked up my wounded ego and said back, “Ouch, thanks, good one!” And then I promptly signed off. Love life.
So, I think I’ll walk away from this week with a better of understanding of what I should NOT do when time off from school comes around. I need to find better things to do with my time.
My internship starts next week: YAY! Gas money is way too expensive so I won’t be eating all summer: BOO! But I will lose weight: YAY!
Good day!
