From Sully today:
Just to note that Senators Gregg and Specter turned against the FMA this time in the cloture vote. The Senate is more Republican than last time around, and the vote barely budged. If the Senate shifts to the Dems this fall - a likely scenario - this amendment will be pining for the fjords. That's a victory for conservatism and federalism against fundamentalism and hysteria. One more time: Let the states decide.
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It is victory, but I'm confused with Andrew's advocacy of federalism with regard to marriage rights. So I recently wrote him a letter:
A few years ago you posted my melodramatic (but honest) email to you about my ex-boyfriend who is from and is currently living in small town Brazil, suffering oppressive machismo, and unable to immigrate here because he’s poor and we cannot marry. I insisted that federal legalization of gay marriage was the only just resolution of the gay marriage debate, specifically because immigration is a federal issue, and reducing marriage law to the states would continue discrimination. You responded by telling me you were “with me” on the immigration issue, reminding me that you were an immigrant. I fail to see how you reconcile opposing immigration discrimination for bi-national gay couples while supporting the relegation of marriage rights to individual states. Would you please clarify?
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I have yet to receive a response or a clarification on his website. I'll keep asking...
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