Today is Election Day in the United States of
America. It is a close race and this
evening promises to be a long night. I have
avoided election coverage, chose to not watch the debates, and have refused to
discuss the situation with anyone other than my wife. I have waited for this day to be over for the
past six months and now face the last grueling hours. The next 10 to 12 hours may be what is left
of many of my freedoms.
Under Mitt Romney, my marriage could be declared
invalid and my wife barred from my hospital bedside. My reproductive rights, my right to choose if
and when I have children, and the protection from someone else’s definition of
rape could all be jeopardized. The negative
influence would probably not end there, but I can barely bring myself to
consider what else may change, disappear, evaporate.
Romney and a large portion of the GOP threaten my
family, my marriage, my love because of pure bigotry cloaked in self-righteous
religion. I have tried to be reasonable,
cooperative, bi-partisan – as President Obama has – and we all see where that
has gotten us. I will not stand to be
stripped of my basic rights as an American.
I will not tolerate hatred and bigotry, even if they brand me a crazed liberal,
fem-nazi, anti-American. I voted for
myself, my gender, my sexuality, my race and every other, and for America. I hope each and every one of you does the
same.
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