Vote No for Texas HJR6 Nov. 8th

A 'conservative Christian' friend of mine sent me the following chain-e-mail today:

FOR TEXANS - VOTE YES for the HJR6 on NOV. 8th - Please Read:
> If you get this and you are not a Texan-please forward it onto people
>who are Texans and encourage them to go to the polls and VOTE on Nov.
>8. And other states need to watch for this. This is how Roe V. Wade
>got voted in-Christians were complacent and didn't realize what was
>going on-and being voted on. SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS-and go vote
>on NOV. 8!!! HJR 6 - Will be on the November 8, 2005 Ballot
>
>Please forward this email to every Christian that you know. It is
>important that the Christian voters of Texas speak loud and clear in
>November, by SUPPORTING and voting YES to HJR 6. Of course you may be
>wondering why you have not heard of this proposed amendment before? The
>answer is simple. There is a grassroots effort in our Texas gay
>communities to keep conservatives in the dark. Since there will not be
>any big elections this November, the probability of people getting out
>to vote are slim. The gay community is planning to use our complacency
>against us. While we are not voting, they will be!
>
>Please encourage everyone you know, to get out and vote on November
>8th, in support of HJR 6. Educate your friends, family, and church
>members on the content of this amendment. I have enclosed a summary. We
>as Christians and as Texans need to send a message once and for all.
>While researching this amendment, the websites against it far
>outnumbered the ones in support of it. That is what prompted me to
>write. Pass this along. PRAY!!! that the believers in Texas will rise
>up to vote in support of this resolution. ACT!!! We are in need of
>Christians to educate the community of HJR-6.

I replied as follows:

Mike,

I was really disappointed by this email, Mike. In addition to it being flat-out hateful, I kept looking for the punch-line-that-never-came. Besides, I’m already married. How does this threaten me? If homosexual couples want to engage in:

-insurance benefits
-the ability to visit each other in the hospital
-the ability to write a binding will
-the almighty tax break for breeders
-monogamy
-shared bills
-laundry
-bitchy arguments over how to fold the laundry
-why don’t you take out the trash for a change
-I don’t want another damned cat
-your dog ate the drapes
-who is this whore that keeps calling you late at night
-I’m going to my mother’s house, you evil bastard
-etc

…then why not let them? Maybe they wouldn’t be so “gay” if they got that little taste of eternity called marriage.

Thanks for reminding me to vote, though. I’ve already marked my calendar, and I intend to forward this message to all of my friends who live by the tenets of the Judeo-Christian faith as opposed to people I know that claim to act like Christians.

One more thing, rather than worrying about who is marrying whom, let’s address the issues that really destroy marriages like Vegas weddings, no-fault divorces, child abuse, spousal abuse, etc.

See you at church, tomorrow,
Aloysius