Hooboy. I'm gonna preface this with a statement- Normally, I'm not one to get involved in politics. Politicians generally tick me off, and I usually have found that things usually work themselves out, eventually. That being said...

Today, I called 35 (34- one of the numbers I had was a wrong #) Minnesota state Senators. Why? Because i wanted to express my opposition to the Idea of banning gay marriage in an amendment to the state Constitution. Usually, I let this stuff slide- after all, as was written in an editorial piece in the Star-Tribune the other day, '50 years from now gays will marry and nobody will even blink'.

However...

In yesterdays paper, there was a FULL PAGE ad taken out by the Minnesota Family Council asking people to contact a list of Democratic Senators to push the Minnesota Marriage Amendment (the aforementioned gay-marriage ban) forward. This narked me off. What narked me off the MOST was this line: "Marriage is between one man and one woman, always has been and always will be."

BULL-SHIT!!!

MOST of the patriarchs of the Old Testament had at LEAST two wives! Bugger THIS noise. Lies piss me off.

So, I called. Here is basically what I said.

Hello. My name is Mike Heinsohn, and I currently live in Northeast Minneapolis. I am calling to say that the Amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota should never reach a vote. Any such ban on consentual non-harmful behavior violates the U.S. Constitutional protections of Freedom of Speech and Expression. In principle, it also violates the Separation of Church and State, as the primary opposition is along religious lines. Please, as a straight male voter, I ask you to stop this Amendment and any similar legislation. Thank you for listening.

On 9 of the calls, I got a 'full mailbox' message. I was able to leave messages with all the rest save one- The idiots put the wrong number down. :P

I got LIVE PEOPLE on four calls.

If you're reading this and are in Minnesota, PLEASE call your Representatives and Senators. Banning gay marriage is stupid. and on a cynical note- Gay marriage means more tax dollars as married couples without kids face the so-called marriage tax...

Whee-effin-ha. :)

Damn, this is a long post. (giggle!)