Response to Dateline Maryland: Gays Rights At Standstill
Sean says...
This was what I submitted as an editorial response to The Baltimore Sun Article "Gay Rights At Standstill" today.
Maryland Senate Minority Leader David R Brinkley (R) was quoted as saying the following in The Baltimore Sun's May 4, 2008 Sunday Edition article "Gay Rights At Standstill":
"You have this group that's shrieking from rooftops that they need these rights, and everyone else is just trying to maintain their households… It just doesn't resonate."
Two years ago my partner Stefan and I met on of all things Match.com and fell in love like many couples have. We live together and both contribute to a mortgage. We both have stable jobs with benefits. This fall we looked over my new benefits package and made a few selections. We met with a financial planner together in September to prepare for immediate financial and retirement goals.
But Senator Brinkley of course doesn't think we will want to think, plan, or do any of this. Senator Brinkley says we aren't a household or even people who care about maintaining one. We're apparently not even interested in buying things or saving money. We apparently don't clip coupons, drive, commute, vacation, turn on the light when we get home at night, or own property in his mind either I guess.
How could we both be so delusional? Why didn't anyone tell us we weren't normal before? I guess it didn't quite resonate.
Thanks Senator Brinkley for keeping us informed and representing our interests in the General Assembly. We won't shriek so loudly next time.
Comments
I agree. Well said! I'll be watching the Baltimore Sun for this one to be printed.
Unfortunately, my response did not make the Sun. There were three responses posted. One was from the president of Equality Maryland, one from a gay activist opposed to the strategy of Equality Maryland but against what the Senate Minority said, and one short blip from another supporter. But who knows I will still keep writing I think from now on!
that's too bad! I'm sure they received many responses and could only post a few.