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"Politicians are deciding based on special interest group pressure and their own reelection calculations," Eyman said in a statement emailed to reporters. "The voters have watched this disgusting display of arrogance and selfishness for weeks."I don't think this is the case. I think our elected representatives voted more or less in representation of their constituency. If you look at the Senate vote, for example, it wasn't a blow-out (25 yeas versus 23 nays).
Why is Tim Eyman striving to undo an act of our elected officials that aims to reduce discrimination?
The bill passed last week makes it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation, in such key areas as housing, education, and employment. This adds to existing law that bans discrimination based on sex, race, religion, marital status, and disability, among other categories.
You may have moral or religious opposition to the concept of homosexuality, and I respect someone's right to have those beliefs. But do you really want to live in a state (or country) where gays can't hold the same job straight folks can, or where gays can't get schooled the same way straight kids can, or where gays can't buy or rent the same homes that straight couples can?
There was this declaration that we made not too long ago. Part of it reads:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Does Tim really aim to prevent someone with the opportunities for these pursuits, simply based on the orientation of their sexuality?
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