Spit
It's not often that I get the urge to spit at my television. But for a few moments as the campaign ads flashed on the screen, Ken Blackwell's face graced my television machine. If it weren't for the fact that I want to see the last few episodes of West Wing I would have had to break the TV.
Part of Mr. Blackwell's TV spot is promoting his discriminatory attitudes about gay marriage. Promoting it! As if it's some badge of freakin' honor. Now, even if you're on the other side of this issue, you can understand my frustration when I reference the fact that this man compared me (and every other LGBT person in Ohio) to something lower than a barnyard animal back in October of 2004. This is the man that wants to represent me at the highest level of state government.
And his priorities? Listed out on his website with marriage first, then oh by the way, job creation. He would rather ensure that I don't get married than make sure working people can put food on the table? Yeah, good call for Ohio.
I would rather vote for a freakin' barnyard animal. And I think that's fair game.
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That guy sounds like a real treasure. I wonder how he'd feel if I pointed out that my ancestors (one of whom was a plantation overseer) would consider him lower than a barnyard animal or that even into my grandmother's generation they talked of "breeding" black people for certain traits during the 19th Century? It just goes to show how short memories are. As the saying goes the day after the revolution the revolutionary becomes the conservative. I think that's the case with people like this - now that they have equal rights (at least on paper) they're ready to make sure that other people aren't given the same consideration.