Via
AmericaBlog I want to pimp the
blog of a 16 year old gay kid who took on George Allen.
I'm just proud of him - this is the way it needs to be done.
And one thing that I DON'T think is appropriate is the usual hypocrisy condemning Republicans as being anti-gay bigots.
Considering the quality of Democrats coming out of Virginia, we have nothing to be proud of - it's just embarrassing.
But this kid is not embarrassing:
I never dreamed of the day when I would reach a political debate on a human rights issue based on civil liberty and the foundations of our great country with a Senator, former Virginia Governor, and a potential candidate for the Republican Presidency. Senator George Allen (R-Virginia), held a public hearing in Culpeper this evening. I was there, and so was Culpeper.
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We can not say that majority rule is necessarily constitutional when it comes to issues of human rights and basic civil liberty. I, as of now, do not have the choice to be married."
"Yes you do!" Senator Allen shot in.
"Not to a man I don't," I said back...continuing, "I am 16, I am still in high school - and I am worried solely because I am defined a second-class citizen in this country. From issues relating to marriage (all 1,138 federal rights granted to heterosexual couples), to not being able to serve this country, to adoption and a number of other issues - I am not granted basic civil liberty that this country was founded upon, how is that constitutional?"
I'm subscribing to his blog