My Open Letter to Rep. Mark Souder on ENDA
Nov 7th, 2007 | 7 responses
The US House of Representatives is discussing ENDA right now and you can watch it on C-SPAN. You can contact Rep. Mark Souder, a Republican from Indiana’s 3rd District, HERE.
Dear Rep. Souder,
I lived and voted in the State of Indiana for 24 years, from 1976-2000, graduated from IU and am a former employee of the State of Indiana. I moved back to Ohio in 2000 and am both safer and happier here then I ever was in Indiana.
I have C-SPAN on for the ENDA discussion (an independent consultant, I work out of my home). Listening to what you just said, I am willing to bet that, as a heterosexual Christian, you have not experienced 1/100 of the un-American discrimination and abuse I have faced as a Jewish lesbian.
I am a religious person and apparently you are too. Since the Jewish community has far more civilized views on our GLBT members than much of the Christian community has of its GLBT members, suggest that YOU educate yourself by attending church services this Sunday at an MCC or one of the many other gay-friendly churches. You might learn something about true Christianity there.
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7 Responses to “My Open Letter to Rep. Mark Souder on ENDA”
Thank you Holly. Perhaps a church which includes/ invites all persons to worship, would do outreach to Rep. Souder. That’d be the Rx I’d write. Faster. Better aim.
dr.e
Good for you, Holly. I doubt it’ll change his mind, but he and others need to hear this point of view, regardless. They also need to hear more from their straight constituents who agree with our GLBT counterparts, which is one of the reasons I can’t wait to distribute “The Letter.”
Here you are.
Now, I’ve seen a lot of silliness and worse about one recent veto of Bush’s, even what may well be projection of someone else’s own attitude upon Bush in describing his use of the veto pen lately. But assume this bill passes the Senate.
Now imagine Bush were to veto it. What would be the response? Note that the House vote is not veto-proof.
One where I used to live in the past has just what you need to look for outside it.
Dear DLS, thank you for this. See new article: Gay Rights: REligious Who Teach, just posted. There’s a H/t to you.
dr.e
Pete’s letter reminded me how important it is for people to speak up who are not members of the affected group, who are speaking out of principle and not direct personal interest.
It’s got to be made clear thatn ‘they’ are also ‘us’.
Thanks!
That neighborhood, which is about as “blue” as a neighborhood can get, gives me my very best memories among all the places I’ve lived, while having lived and traveled throughout North America, and I miss it very much and may likely return there. (That’s a dream I frequently have, anyway.)
As far as GBLT relations, my extremely liberal friend in DC has long ties with the GBLT community there.