Last night the Wisconsin State Assembly passed the constitutional ban on civil unions and marriage ammendment, sending it to the November 7th statewide election.
Hat tip to: State Rep. Gregg Underheim, R-Oshkosh, who sided with Democrats in opposition to the amendment. He questioned the motives of Republican legislators and stressed the importance of protecting all citizens under the constitution.
“What we’re doing today will change the nature of the constitution we have written,” he says. “This moves us from protecting people from their government to disenfranchising people.”
Fair Wisconsin is campaigning to defeat the ban. In the next ten days, they will hold kick-off trainings in every region of Wisconsin to introduce the campaign:
Milwaukee – Thursday, March 2
http://eqfed.org/aw/events/milw1/details.tclFox Valley – Monday, March 6
http://eqfed.org/aw/events/fairfoxvalley/details.tclCentral Wisconsin – Tuesday, March 7 http://eqfed.org/aw/events/fairwausau/details.tcl
La Crosse – Wednesday, March 8 http://eqfed.org/aw/events/fairlacrosse/details.tcl
Eau Claire – Thursday, March 9
http://eqfed.org/aw/events/faireauclaire/details.tclSuperior – Friday, March 10
http://eqfed.org/aw/events/fairsuperior/details.tcl
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other
By Willie Nelson
There’s many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas;
There’s many a young boy who feels things he don’t comprehend.
Well small town don’t like it when somebody falls between sexes,
No, small town don’t like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.Well I believe in my soul that inside every man there’s a feminine,
And inside every lady there’s a deep manly voice loud and clear.
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he does with his women,
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer.Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
What did you think those saddles and boots was about?
There’s many a cowboy who don’t understand the way that he feels towards his brother,
Inside every cowboy there’s a lady who’d love to slip out.Ten men for each woman was the rule way back when on the prairie,
And somehow those cowboys must have kept themselves warm late at night.
Cowboys are famous for getting riled up about fairies,
But I’ll tell you the reason a big strong man gets so uptight:Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
That’s why they wear leather, and Levi’s and belts buckled tight.
There’s many a cowboy who don’t understand the way that he feels towards his brother;
There’s many a cowboy who’s more like a lady at night.Well there’s always somebody who says what the others just whisper,
And mostly that someone’s the first one to get shot down dead:
When you talk to a cowboy don’t treat him like he was a sister
Don’t mess with the lady that’s sleepin’ in each cowboy’s head.Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
Even though they take speed and drive pickups and shoot their big guns;
There’s many a cowboy who don’t understand the way that he feels towards his brother;
There’s many a cowboy who keeps quiet about things he’s done.
(c) 1981/2006 — Ned Sublette
Rep. Gregg Underheim of Oshkosh, the lone Republican to vote against the amendment, told his colleagues they were crossing a line with their action.
“Constitutions were written to protect people who were different. Gay people are different and constitutions ought not treat them differently,” he said. “What we are doing today is wrong.