Just to let y'all know what's going on here in RI...
I just had a rather interesting, and frankly, eye-opening conversation with a staffer at Senator Linc Chafee's (R-RIno) office this morning.
According to her, the Senator's Washington office has received "thousands" of petitions, and "hundreds" of phone calls from concerned citizens encouraging the Senator to vote in support of the Federal Marriage Amendment.
Yet, despite the outcry, his positioning remains the same. He does not support an amendment to the US constitution, he believes it should be an issue left up to individual states, and his "official" position is in support of "civil unions".
In other words, his people are telling him what they want, and he's still doing whatever the f**k he chooses. He has no concept of what a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC is!
Rage, fury, dissapointment, pessimism...I'm feeling it all...
It's our job (conservatives, FR, etc) to make the Senate scared to NOT vote on the FMA. We have to make them.
When is this RINO up for re-election? You need to get going and get him replaced now.
Same thing here. Don't let the outcome bother you. Its one of those times two-thirds of the Senate don't reflect the will of the people of this country. A pro-marriage amendment would pass by a landslide at the polls. They just don't get it in Washington cause they don't represent us when it counts.