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Jan. 24th, 2006 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockWell it's nice to know what's really going on in the brains of some of those anti-choice activists clearly and unapologetically stated for all the world to see. Hey, at least I can admire their honesty, which is a rare and wonderful thing to finally be able to say about the real bleeding edge wingnuts I guess.
via Pandagon
But color me stunned when of all people a Republican Jackson Township Committeeman named Mark A. Seda schooled his colleagues regarding Lt. Hester a dying police officer who's been fighting for the right to leave her pension to her life partner. She's been consistently refused by the committee, but after Seda's intervention, seems to have won her fight at long last:
Like many other people around the world, I’ve been learning a great deal recently about the issue of Domestic Partner rights that has placed Ocean County front and center on the world’s stage through the incredibly courageous story of Ocean County’s own hometown hero, Lt. Laurel Hester of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
From what I can see, I’m only one of millions who’s been touched in a very big way by Lt. Hester’s story. If it weren’t for Lt Hester’s heart-wrenching story, I would probably not have paid much attention to this issue. Her dignity and the incredible bravery she’s displayed at the end of her life in wanting to change the world has inspired me to realize that as an elected official I should be standing by her side.
I’ve been approached by a lot of people in Jackson and elsewhere about this issue. I was very pleased to learn that the overwhelming majority of them agree with me that this is an important civil rights issue; an issue that as Americans we all have to address. To me, it seems like it’s nothing other than a very simple matter of fundamental fairness and Equal Rights for All Americans. If it weren’t for Lt Hester’s heart-wrenching story, I would probably not have paid much attention to this issue.But now I have, and I’m alarmed to learn of the loop holes New Jersey law dealing with Domestic Partnership Rights. I’ve found there are a lot of gaps in existing state laws that have been created in recent years and quite frankly in my estimation need to be closed.
Every Dem or so-called Dem in New Jersey should be hanging their heads in shame. Hell, I'm hanging my head in shame for them all the way out here on the left coast. I've got to say it, Seda's one Republican I can really respect, at least when it comes to his stance on civil rights. Wow, that's kind of a rare and wonderful thing too these days, but it makes me happy there are still some downright decent people in politics, regardless of which side of the aisle they happen to be on.
via Pandagon
But color me stunned when of all people a Republican Jackson Township Committeeman named Mark A. Seda schooled his colleagues regarding Lt. Hester a dying police officer who's been fighting for the right to leave her pension to her life partner. She's been consistently refused by the committee, but after Seda's intervention, seems to have won her fight at long last:
Like many other people around the world, I’ve been learning a great deal recently about the issue of Domestic Partner rights that has placed Ocean County front and center on the world’s stage through the incredibly courageous story of Ocean County’s own hometown hero, Lt. Laurel Hester of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
From what I can see, I’m only one of millions who’s been touched in a very big way by Lt. Hester’s story. If it weren’t for Lt Hester’s heart-wrenching story, I would probably not have paid much attention to this issue. Her dignity and the incredible bravery she’s displayed at the end of her life in wanting to change the world has inspired me to realize that as an elected official I should be standing by her side.
I’ve been approached by a lot of people in Jackson and elsewhere about this issue. I was very pleased to learn that the overwhelming majority of them agree with me that this is an important civil rights issue; an issue that as Americans we all have to address. To me, it seems like it’s nothing other than a very simple matter of fundamental fairness and Equal Rights for All Americans. If it weren’t for Lt Hester’s heart-wrenching story, I would probably not have paid much attention to this issue.But now I have, and I’m alarmed to learn of the loop holes New Jersey law dealing with Domestic Partnership Rights. I’ve found there are a lot of gaps in existing state laws that have been created in recent years and quite frankly in my estimation need to be closed.
Every Dem or so-called Dem in New Jersey should be hanging their heads in shame. Hell, I'm hanging my head in shame for them all the way out here on the left coast. I've got to say it, Seda's one Republican I can really respect, at least when it comes to his stance on civil rights. Wow, that's kind of a rare and wonderful thing too these days, but it makes me happy there are still some downright decent people in politics, regardless of which side of the aisle they happen to be on.
