Poem and a Rant

California State Sen. Roy Ashburn, you are just another son of a bitch hypocrite
in a long line of son of a bitch hypocrites.

You say being gay is wrong.
That marriage is for a man and a woman.
(Did you forget the P.S.? P.S. I reserve the right to include my gay fuck buddy, too.)
You use your political power
your self-righteous indignation
your surety
to convince the folks listening to your crap
that my family doesn’t deserve to be a family.

You don’t hate gay people.
Nah.
And Hitler didn’t hate Jews.
And they didn’t kill Matthew Shepard because he was gay.
Nope.
You love the sinner, hate the sin.
(BOY, do you LOVE the sinner. Twice on a Saturday night, huh?)

All I know is my mom, and my other mom
They don’t go out cruising at a bar of any persuasion on a Tuesday night.
Or even on a Saturday.
They stay home, raise their kids, tend their gardens.
They create love in the circle of their arms.
They fashion a happy family.
They demonstrate commitment, joy and fortitude as partners.
They be married, without even the papers to prove it.
Oh yeah … You know what else they do?
THEY VOTE.