Reminder for those South should secede folks (gays in the south).

[Ripley]

snips from a recent letter to a local city paper in Alabama which isn't online yet:

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Dear Editor:
Recently I attended a gathering on the Tuscaloosa county courthouse steps promoted by Mr. Gerald Allen in reference to a bill he is sponsoring that would ban same-sex marriages in the state of Alabama by constitutional amendment. Mr. Allen was supported by a local black minister named Mr. Moore. When Mr. Moore spoke, he emphasized that this is not about hate: "This is not about hate in any way."

Let's see: You single out a minority sector of your citizens; you attempt by law to take away from them some of their very civil rights; you attempt by law to openly discriminate against them because they are different from the majority; you attempt by law to treat them as lesser citizens.

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I am a hard-working, tax-paying, patriotic, God-fearing, family-oriented, gay citizen of this country and the great state of Alabama. I am offended that politicians would want to chip away at our very civil rights as guaranteed by the Constitution--ALL for political gain. What gain? This issue is a complete distraction from the very grave and serious issues that are currently facing our nation. This is an issue that is being used to divide the voting public.

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We are being exploited by people who could care less what kind of citizens and family members we are. And, for any black minister in the state of Alabama to support the limitation of civil rights toward a minority group of people is beyond my ability to comprehend.
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V. Mills, Tuscaloosa, AL

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Southerners come in all stripes and to banish us all is to your own detriment as well as ours.

[FreedomReload]

1. If The South Causes John Kerry To Lose The Presidency

I don't see how banishing it will be to our detriment.

[Ripley]

3. Did you read my post?

There are people here that may vote exactly as you do, should they be banished too!

Do you also have that same sentiment towards say the Western States, or any other group of red states in America?

Where are you? In a safe liberal zone?

[FreedomReload]

4. My Suggestion To All Liberal Southern Voters

Move up North before the border closes.

But seriously, until "we" outnumber "them" in the South, we will always run the risk of losing and getting more George Bushes. We can stop the rightward march into Hell by telling the South their bigotry and stupidity isn't wanted in America anymore. Cruel yes, but necessary.

[Ripley]

5. No. We can tell people like you to quit stereotyping.

The risk of Smirk II is not just the south, have you looked at a map?

Why did Northern states like Ohio and North Dakota vote for Smirky? Were they bigots and stupid?

[FreedomReload]

7. Cut Out Any Part Of America That Votes For Smirky In 2004

Happy now?

[bigbillhaywood]

2. South shouldn't secede. But finishing Reconstruction's not a bad idea.

[Nevernose]

6. We could fill it with carpetbaggers from Connecticutt!

Like George Bush! On second thought, that hasn't worked out for us too well, has it?