I have a problem with the Democratic Party that seems to believe that, no matter what, they can expect anyone gay to vote for them despite doing absolutely nothing for us.

Bill Clinton reached out to the gay community in both of his presidential elections and then turned around and signed The Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) a federal law which defines marriage as being only between one man and one woman.

Obama and Biden have both stated their opposition to gay marriage. So what exactly do they offer us?

I'll be the first to admit that I'd rather cut off my arm then vote for a Republican -- especially that manipulative bitch from Alaska. However, my e-mail box has four or five e-mails a day from the Obama campaign begging me for money.

Some of you might notice that I have rethought my position on gay marriage. It is not, unfortunately, because I found someone I want to marry. I have just come to the conclusion that as long as the government and the society only believes that a committed, loving relationship between two human beings is called a marriage that it is time that the 15th amendment to the Constitution which guarantees equal protection under the law be put in force for all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation.

I still don't like the word marriage. It smacks too much of religion, an institution that has done more evil in the last 10 years to this country than any Middle Eastern terrorist. But the fact of the matter is without that word we are right back to the days before Brown versus the Board of Education living with a lie of "separate but equal". It was a lie when it came to public education and it is still a lie when it comes to the treatment of relationships by the government.

I'm sick and tired of listening to politicians of any party talk about allowing states to decide on their own to extend equal rights already guaranteed in the Constitution. Without the use of constitutional mandate through the courts, racism would still be the order of the day in this country, just as homophobia is now. No state should be allowed to let its citizens decide what rights will be given to which people. The "founding fathers" realized that the public could not be trusted with the rights of other citizens and so they enshrined in them in the Constitution and it is time that those rights were demanded.

It is time for us to put the Democratic Party on notice that we will no longer support them if they do not support us. No more money, no more activism, no more assistance in getting elected.

RIMPIG