Maine Marriage and the Church

This is a letter I sent to out to friends, Senators, Congress person, Media etc.... I sent it out Thursday the 24 September.

Hi there, A few of you will know me, a few will not, while others might wish to know more, some will think ill of me. To be honest, I do not care one way or the other. I was born in Maine, grew up in Maine, I served my country in the Army, for the state of Maine. I was raised drinking Maine water, eating Maine food, spending money in Maine, and although I am about as "Maine" as a person can get, I can not marry the person I love, and want to share the rest of my life with. Am I less of a person, that deserves less rights? I am about fed up with the political way, ALL of our life's are handled by people WE have put in office. Years ago, I was taught, that these people, were put there to represent US, not their personal beliefs, insecurities, or what they might get paid to do or say, but what WE the people want represented. The problem is, once in office, most people will keep them there, for fear of the unknown person they might end up with next election. Maine has a Governor, that knows that it is WRONG and illegal to NOT treat every person the same regardless of anything, has tried yet again to make things right. This country was formed on the separation of church and state, freedom, and with each person being treated equal. He put in place, after too many decades of individuals not being able to marry, a policy so they can do so now, as they should have been able to in the first place. This is not about Religion, Christianity, or the defamation of marriage, this is about rights for all, freedom for all, and compassion for all. The majority of Mainer's feel that two people that love each other will not make less of anyone else's Marriage regardless of gender. Mainer's also do not like it when people from away try to run our life's, or control what we think or feel. The unfortunate thing is that the "Church" or so called Christians, again want to become involved in the politics of this free country yet hold their status as tax exempt. They are bringing many people, much money, and many resources to our fine State of Maine, from places that not only have no idea what it is like to be a Mainer, but also are over looking people in their own states that are starving, can not afford food for their family's, never mind housing, transportation, or health care, while turning their backs on what religion stands for most, to HELP your fellow man, Judge not lest you be judged, etc. People of Maine, what is more important? Taking care of those of our own, or trying to control things that do not effect us in anyway? If we let "The Church" (Never mind the Church from away) run our government, and let them control this, what else is next? We have people in this country, that have all of a sudden started to act like a bunch of spoiled children. They did not get "THEIR" way last November elections; they stand up and heckle everything that is good for the many, instead of the few. When will they see that America was born on the belief that we are all free, and that while being free, it is not free to remain so. It cost money for roads, bussing children to school, teachers, and it cost money for caring for each other. They are used to many years of that money going into their pockets so they could have a few houses, many cars, much more luxuries, while many more people can not afford to die, never mind live. These same people, (those in the first of this paragraph) are the very ones that deny rights to others. There will always be someone that has to compromise, someone that might have to back down, and see if it really is as they think. The problem is, everyone forgets that part. This state of Maine, has many flaws, some of which I myself have a hard time with, but we all must choose our battles. I ask all of us to think what is the best compromise? To let live, and let be, spend the millions, and millions on people that can not afford to live and die, or to spend it denying basic rights that have been denied for too long. I will get off my box now, but PLEASE think about this. What if it was you that was denied basic rights? How would you feel? What would you do? Peace, David disclaimer. This is my opinion, as calm and nice as I can put it into words. I realize the terms like Church, can also apply to places that support marriage for all, and do not always support the negative that most so called "Christians" have decided to focus on disguised as being Christian. Not everything apply's to everyone. "The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that stood its ground." --Unknown -- "We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box." --Unknown-- Yahoo Profile: http://profiles.yahoo.com/naturedudeme Valley Fever Story: http://valleyfeversurvivor.com/vfsmb/viewtopic.php?t=116 Spoons Website: http://www.musicalspoons.org/