Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Friday, January 27, 2006
Democrat with Spine
A Democrat with a Spine. Not an oxymoron. It's Paul Hackett:
"Asked to define being pro-gay rights, Hackett said anybody who tries to deny homosexuals the same rights, including marriage, as every other citizen is un-American. Are you saying, he was asked, that the 62 percent of Ohioans who voted in November 2004 to constitutionally deny same-sex marriages are un-American?
"If what they believe is that we're going to have a scale on judging which Americans have equal rights, yeah, that's un-American. They've got to accept that. It's absolutely un-American."—Columbus Dispatch (01/15/06)

The Republican spin machine lurched into full gear and immediate demands for an apology were issued. Hackett's response:
I said it. I meant it. I stand behind it. Equal justice under the law for all regardless of who they are and how they were born is fundamental to our American spirit and our American freedoms. Any person or group that argues that the law should not apply equally to all Americans is, frankly, un-American.

He is asking people to let him know that they support him. Go do it. Dems like this need to know they have the support of the people. Maybe then the rest of them will find a vertebrae or two.
Written at 4:49 AM by Lynne.
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