More BS here in Colorado

Yesterday it was an article in the Boulder Daily Camera...in the grand scheme of things, not that big of a deal, just some shoddy reporting.

Today, we have a state senator making lunatic statements on the floor of the senate regarding a bill that would extend insurance coverage to domestic partners who work for the state. Here's the audio:



I have a couple of things to say about this:

1. This asshole represents the district (Greeley) in which Angie Zapata lived and was murdered for being trans. It puts his quote from Leviticus about how homosexuals should be put to death into perspective.

2. He claims to represent the will of Colorado voters in his dissent, citing the passage of a marriage ban two years ago. He's a lawmaker, so I'd think he knows better but passing a law saying that marriage is only between one man and one woman does not mean that voters think that LGBT people should not have any rights - just not THAT particular one they voted on.

2.1 Further, isn't the argument of the religious right against gay marriage that "marriage" is sacred and should be protected from being redefined by the homos and their supporters? When we're in the middle of those fights, they always say that it's not about civil rights and that they'd be fine with something less like civil unions or domestic partnerships. Then, when the law passes, they use that vote as an argument against anything resembling civil unions or domestic partnerships. Hell, even just extending employer benefits to unmarried partners, gay or straight.

I'm so fucking sick of hearing our elected representatives use religion as the basis of their arguments. They want to bleat on and on about how their free speech rights as bigoted pricks are in danger from the left while at the same time ignoring the part of the first amendment related to the separation of church and state.

I guess you need to be selective in your reading if you're going to stand on the senate floor in mixed-fiber clothes with a shaved face - both prohibited in Leviticus - and argue for strict adherence to the same passage, but only this part that supports your homophobia.

R. John Tannyhill, III (DDS, MD, PC) is a bigot

You might be looking at that headline and thinking, who?!? Let me explain...

I was looking at the searchable Prop 8 donor list at the LA Times' website and decided to search on Colorado. When the results came up, I held my breath as I looked for family, co-workers, or friends who might have donated to Yes on Prop 8.

Luckily, no one who fit that description appeared on their list. I was, however, mortified to see the oral surgeon my entire family has used - and the one I referred Susan to when she needed some work done this summer - in the top 10 donors from Colorado to Yes on Prop 8 (he was tied for 10th with three other donors). I feel absolutely nauseated that the tremendous amount of money we spent at his office has gone toward supporting the stripping of civil rights from a group of people in a state in which this bigot doesn't even live.

There isn't much I can do about this now except to make sure that he never sees another dime of my or my family's money again. Oh yeah, and to hope this blog entry shows up in any search results on his name when people are researching whether or not to utilize his services. Mr. Tannyhill practices out of Centennial, Colorado.

I will be posting the names of other businesses in Colorado who also deserve to be boycotted due to their bigotry. While the list at the LA Times website isn't all that complete (I couldn't find any of my contributions to No on Prop 8 there), where I can tell that the person(s) who donated own the business they listed as their employer, I'll be listing that here in the next couple of days.