Unfortunately, my dear Kakki, the general public here in Texas agrees with the lawmakers.
Mack > Michael wrote: > > > House Leadership through those years, who >are the ones who control what > comes up for a >vote: Gingrich, Armey, and most of all Delay. >First is GA, > latter two are TX. Their >arguments deem such legislation to be creating > >"special rights for homosexuals." > > Thanks - now I'm getting the picture. I'm sorry to say that I started to > pretty much completely tune out and turn off from national politics around > 15 years ago when I started perceiving that politcal discourse from both > sides was degenerating into nothing more than extreme rhetoric and B.S. and > becoming non-productive. About that time, however, I did become much more > engaged in California state and local issues where I felt there was still > real opportunity where one could effect real change and progress. In only > the past couple years have I started to become more engaged in national > issues again so I have a lot of catching up to do. Thanks for providing me > with this information. It seems very crazy to that something that should > have been resolved as a simple civil rights matter long ago probably got > bogged down in a lot of side rhetorical B.S. I will read up on this some > more and think that all of us in the U.S. need to start being more proactive > in contacting our representatives and letting them know how we feel about > issues. > > Kakki
