Texan: Dems should act like Dems
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
The Daily Texan takes some shots at the state Democratic Party in today's editorial. Some of the choice lines...
The only surprise is that 18 Democrats voted for the ban; 16 didn't vote at all. Less than half of the state's Democratic reps actually voted against the gay marriage ban, an appalling statistic.
Monday's vote underscores the fact that Texas has no liberal party. The state's Democratic party is centrist, at best. They just look liberal compared to state's overly conservative population.
The "yes" vote from Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, is particularly distressing. Rose, 26, went to UT Law School. If you can't count on a young Democrat from UT to support gay marriage, who can you count on?
In addition, in a separate story, the Texan seems to like me as after yesterday's front page photo, I get this quote in today.
Karl-Thomas Musselman, a government junior and representative with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Affairs Agency in Student Government, said there were more important things for the state to worry about than maintaining the status quo and preserving “the second-class-citizen standing of a group of people.”
“This legislation was created out of fear,” Musselman said. “This regulation is completely unnecessary to the function of the state.”
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at April 27, 2005 02:17 AM
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Seeing that vote count was just depressing. It wasn't even close.
ATTN: State Represenatives.
STOP CAVING INTO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.
No, Hate is not a Texas value. Maybe it's a conservative Republican value in the legislature, but then again, I feel those people are out of step with the state (as well as reality).
Maybe if Dems would start acting like Dems they'd win some more races...
A and B are running. A is A, B acts like A...where is the distiction?
The vote is depressing. And people outside of Texas are pissed, too, believe you me.
BTW, great pic, Karl-T!! :)
