Grubesic and Why His Accident Doesn't Matter

I'm not saying public officials should get a free pass if they screw up. They shouldn't and, lots of times, they don't. But I would like to print the Santa Fe Senator's testimony during the Defense of Marriage Act hearing and say that if I had a choice between a senator who says what he said but lied to the cops after he tipped his car and a senator who never had a car accident and freaked out but supports bills like the DOMA, I'm gonna take the first.

SENATOR JOHN GRUBESIC:


"This bill is only four lines.  Four lines of fear, four lines of hate, four lines of mistrust, four lines of dissension,  four lines of segregation, four lines of telling a group of people, “You're different than us."   I can’t support doing this to individuals.   This bill is designed to hurt people.   That’s what this bill does.   I have loving, kind, loyal gay friends.   This bill foists more hatred, brings fear, it’s a waster of time.   We tear each other apart.   As a people, we love wars not reconciliation.   We are singling out a group of people for exclusion, and that’s wrong.   We all know this bill is designed to hurt people and nothing else.  I don't want to be a party to hurting people and telling them 'You're beneath us.'"