Vitter Agrees With Me 100%!!!!
Dear Mr. Williams,
Thank you for contacting me in support of a Federal Marriage Amendment. I share your concern on this issue, and I agree with you 100 percent.
You may be pleased to know that I am an original cosponsor of a Senate resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. The amendment prohibits the Constitution or any state constitution from being construed to require that marital status or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than that of a man and a woman.
During my tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives I cosponsored and voted for a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and woman. Sadly the bill did not get the two-thirds votes needed for passage. I am now working in the Senate to protect the institution of marriage. Like you I feel this is essential to the future of our country, and I recognize the importance marriage plays in the lives of our children.
I believe marriage to be a union between a man and a woman. This definition should be held not to enforce discriminatory acts, but to uphold the sanctity of marriage. The Federal Marriage Amendment removes the debate regarding the definition of marriage from the hands of the courts and returns this decision to the American people, where it belongs. In fact, no state legislature and no popular referendum has passed in any state allowing any other definition of marriage except as between a man and a woman. In addition over 38 states have passed legislation protecting traditional marriage. In Louisiana , our statewide referendum passed with nearly 80 percent of the vote.
Thank you again for contacting me in support of traditional families and in defense of marriage. Rest assured I will continue to fight to protect our shared Louisiana values. Once again, thank you for contacting me to share your thoughts on this issue. Please feel free to contact me in the future about issues important to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Senator David Vitter
United States Senator
Okay David, you obviously do not read the mail nor does your staff. Really makes you wonder what the real public opinion is (on anything). You sorry piece of detritus. (Sorry that word may be a bit obscure for you, try piece of sh*t it sorts better with the vocabulary you had when we knew each other).
I am going to lay another gem on Mr. Vitter, I have just agreed to do a regular column for Powers and Morrison and he is going to get a spotlight thrown on his homophobic, primitive, and ignorant behind. I am fed up to the teeth with the neocon disregard for the will of the people. The fact that I know this one makes it almost too much to bear.
Please add a comment with any documented dirt you have on my dear former classmate as I am getting my keyboard warmed up to begin serving him up a hearty helping of toxic gumbo.
For shame David, do you think the Christian Brothers at De La Salle would be proud of your disregard for your constituents and their opinions?
EDIT: My comments on Vitter seem to have unearthd a vast amount of ill will towards him on the New Orleans LiveJournal Community (Here’s the thread)
June 8th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Mindless form letter mail-outs seem to be standard procedure for Vitter’s office. My S.O. called his office 1 month before Katrina voicing his concerns with the levees and the guy he talked to kept saying “now what exactly is your concern? The levees?” Then we a a form letter in response that discusses contraflow. Yeah. I emailed him about the landfill in N.O. East and got a letter directing me to the mayor’s office. Right.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I got the same reply. I’m pretty angry.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:11 am
I got the same fucking response, but when I replied to it to “clarify”, the mail bounced.
What a fucking moron.
June 9th, 2006 at 9:38 am
I have to agree that Mr. Vitter’s office is staffed by idiots who apparently don’t read for content. And I certainly agree that there are many other more important topics going on in this country and across the world right now than worrying about gay marriage (wars on two fronts??) - but when Mr. Vitter comes out in favor of a gay marriage ban - he IS representing his constituency. This would be the same constituency that has allowed a gay marriage ban into the state constitution TWICE. They are there, I’ve read them both. Also, I’m not a betting woman, but I’d lay good money down on the fact that if a referendum was put before the people of the state of LA it would FAIL - miserably.
June 9th, 2006 at 9:51 am
Amendment - In Sep. 2004 a referendum was put before the people about whether or not to allow gay marriage - and it failed - even in Orleans Parish.
June 9th, 2006 at 11:25 am
If you polled Orleans parish right now and asked them: “Which is the most important issue Senator Vitter should be spending all of his waking hours working on?
A. Levees
B. Wetland restoration
C. Rebuilding New Orleans
D. NOPD/NOFD crisis
E. Iraq
F. Oil
G. Health care
H. The economy
I. Amending the constitution to define “marriage”
…how do you think Vitter would fare?
Representing your constituents means working on what’s important to them, not just cherry-picking the issues you like because they benefit you politically.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
I guess he’s saying he knows he’s a fool. After all, you called him a “fool of the greatest caliber” and he agrees 100%. David Vitter agrees — he’s a fool of the greatest caliber.