Here is an excerpt from an email that Katie Belanger, Executive Director of Fair Wisconsin, sent to our membership this morning:
"Less than one month ago, anti-fairness gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker got an ultra-conservative shot in the arm when Rebecca Kleefisch was nominated as his running mate.
We know Walker has already pledged to repeal the landmark domestic partnership protections enacted just over a year ago, and we know Kleefisch agrees. But the ultra-conservative anti-fairness former TV news anchor didn't stop there. Here is Rebecca Kleefisch in her own words:
"At what point are we going to ok marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry [a] table or [a] clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous!"
That's the kind of statement I expect from national ultra-conservative leaders like Sarah Palin. Not sensible and decent Wisconsinites. We simply cannot allow our next Lieutenant Governor to be someone who likens the value of relationships between caring and committed same-sex couples to tables and clocks. One thing is for sure, the last thing we need is our very own Sarah Palin in Madison.
There is a lot at stake this year. The talking heads are all saying that the progressive base isn't energized and progressive candidates are in trouble. Let's prove them wrong. Let's show them that if supporters of equality will not back down in our quest for fairness.
We know that the passage of domestic partner protections means Wisconsin is back on the right track. It seems like every day we hear news of more and more people supporting equality (Welcome, Governor Crist!). Still, anti-fairness candidates around the state think they can get ahead by demonizing the LGBT community. Let's show them that we will not allow their distortions and discrimination to prevail."
There's only four weeks left before the November elections.
Help us show that Wisconsinites don't support extreme views like Rebecca Kleefisch's by making a special contribution to Fair Wisconsin today.
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I still cannot bring my brain to understand why some individuals make it their business to care who I build a life and home with and when politicians present their "anti same-sex marriage" arguments using ignorance and insults it's even more frustrating.
I also don't understand why same-sex marriage is not allowed or even recognized. It clearly states under the Full Faith and Credit Clause in the Constitution of the United States of America that states must recognize the official acts of other states in the union such as marriages, divorces, adoptions, etc. How then is Wisconsin able to enforce a law that they will not recognize, say, the marriage of a same-sex couple in California who has residency in Wisconsin. It's just mind blowing!
To be published in Racine Journal Times, and awaiting publish confirmation from Kenosha News and Milwaukee Journal Sentinal:
It’s been two years since being chairman of the Kenosha County Democratic Party and I feel bad. At this point I’d normally be doing much more than a watchful observer in this fall’s election.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not one of these corporate-media-generated “gonna sit at home and not vote” Democrats.
It is, without question, the top two state seats (Governor and Lt. Governor) that really makes me want to point out the stark difference we have here in Wisconsin on November 2.
When asked about the domestic partnership benefits granted in Wisconsin just last year, the Republican Lt. Governor candidate’s response was: “At what point would we allow marrying inanimate objects? Could I marry this table or this clock? How about a dog? This is ridiculous. Biblically, again … marriage is between one man and one woman.”
Yes, my partner and I have some fabulous furniture as well as a dog AND a cat. Although we adore them and were happy buying them from stores or rescuing from Safe Harbor, I wouldn’t marry anything other than another human being; specifically, the one that I’ve shared my life with for over 12 and ½ years!
In this world of hatred, bullying, suicide by gay teens, and the disrespect for our fellow human brothers and sisters; this rhetoric is simply disgusting. If you believe, like I do, that all couples in Wisconsin deserve a scrap of respect, then a vote for Tom Barrett and Tom Nelson is your only choice.
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