Open Letter to the President

Jerry from Austin, TX — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:49:24 EDT

Mr. President,

As a gay man in Texas, I was filled with hope during your presidential campaign. I spent hours talking to family, friends, co-workers and neighbors about your views on gay rights and how we might finally be seen as equal under the law. While you were explicit that you believe marriage should be an institution entered into by one man and one woman, you expressed a desire to see all loving couples afforded the same rights and privileges as married couples.

Imagine my surprise and dismay when I read the brief your Justice Department submitted backing the constitutionality of DOMA! My committed relationship of over 10 years was compared to both incest and pedophelia.

If this is truly your administration's view of my relationship, then I made a terrible mistake. I trusted you and you betrayed me.

Mr. President, you have lost more than just my future vote. You have lost my respect.

Sincerely,

JC's Austin Blog

Open Letter to the President