Okay, that's cool.
Aug. 23rd, 2004 11:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bzarcherBack when HR 3313 went to Congress, I wrote my Representative and explained in a letter why I disagreed with the bill and asking him to please vote his conscience, but I hoped he would vote no.
He wrote me back.
And he didn't just write me a form letter. He wrote a long, pretty detailed letter explaining why he voted yes. He didn't do it because of gay marraige, he did it because he doesn't believe the trend of Judicial Activism in the last few years has been a good one. He also wanted to give state governments the ability to determine their own internal policy rather than letting another state's court determine it for them.
And y'know, I still don't agree with his vote, but I give him a hell of a lot of respect, both for his explanation and for the fact that he wrote this back with more than just a form letter. He didn't have to. I didn't really expect him to. But he did.
I don't think I'm going to vote for him next election, but I think I feel pretty decent about being represented by him now.
He wrote me back.
And he didn't just write me a form letter. He wrote a long, pretty detailed letter explaining why he voted yes. He didn't do it because of gay marraige, he did it because he doesn't believe the trend of Judicial Activism in the last few years has been a good one. He also wanted to give state governments the ability to determine their own internal policy rather than letting another state's court determine it for them.
And y'know, I still don't agree with his vote, but I give him a hell of a lot of respect, both for his explanation and for the fact that he wrote this back with more than just a form letter. He didn't have to. I didn't really expect him to. But he did.
I don't think I'm going to vote for him next election, but I think I feel pretty decent about being represented by him now.
