Is Bob Ehrlich having an "I voted for it before I voted against it" moment? Looks that way to me. He vetoes legislation that would have recognized the creation of a life partner registry that could be used by either gay or straight unmarried couples that would have helped these couples overcome legal hurdles relating to, say, hospital visits, or planning funerals. Apparently the governor thinks that such a registry would lead to domestic partnerships. Which would harm the sanctity of marriage. Which then leads to ... a guy on a pale horse and the whore of Babylon? Or offend "man on dog" Rick Santorum? Something like that. It's really hard for me to follow this tenuous supposed chain of horribles in anything approaching a logical way - since the whole thing is UTTERLY NUTS. Look Sen. Santorum if you think that a couple of old committed grannies who've lived together for years getting the rights to plan each other's funerals is going to end civilization ... you are batty. There's no two ways about that. You are un-freaking-hinged. And if you think it threatens your own marriage ... your level of insecurity and paranoia is such that you should probably be getting help. Actually given the fact that bestiality apparently often leaps into your mind ... maybe you should run to the nearest good therapist in any event. And as to you Gov. Ehrlich, it's great to say that you don't REALLY mean to make life harder on thousands of Marylanders. But guess what - you just did. You made it more difficult for lots of people to feel secure and to deal with terribly difficult issues that people have to face when they are at they're weakest. Hopefully Mayor O'Malley will put your cold-hearted ass into forced retirement next year. I just feel bad for all the people who'll have to suffer in the meantime because of what you've done.
Posted by armand at May 22, 2005 03:10 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics