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OutBoise.com | Issue 5.2 | March 2015
Eyes on Add the Words
By Colin Howard
As I sat in on the historic Add The Words hearing the last week of January, I tried to keep an
open mind to the opposition. I really did, because
being on the receiving end of closed-mindedness
a fair amount of time, I know how crummy that
feels. I can honestly say that if a valid argument to
not pass this legislation exists, I did not hear it.
Instead, I heard claims that adding these
words will open a “Pandora’s Box” if this passed
we’ll “impose our beliefs on the majority.” Most
infuriating I heard, that we’re the equivalent of
“pedophiles, and murderers.” Big difference,
there. We’re living as our authentic selves, not
committing crimes and inflicting unnecessary harm
on others.
Obviously, we know that the 13-4 vote to leave
the bill in 6