Letter to the Editor
February 25, 2004
Make no mistake about it: George W Bush is using the issue of
marriage for same-sex couples as a smoke screen to detract
attention from REAL problems facing the American people: an
economy that may be doing OK on Wall Street but is in deep
trouble on Main Street; the loss of more than 2 million jobs
since Bush took office; the war in Iraq that was started under
false pretences, that has cost the US billions of dollars and
the goodwill of the world, and that has made the people of Iraq
less rather than more safe; Bush's own circumvention of military
service; his roll-back of environmental safeguards; his tax cuts
that have benefited primarily the wealthy; the corporate
scandals that implicate his own vice president; and on and on
and on. Allowing same-sex couples who love each other to get
married should be the least of our concerns. Let us not be
fooled. I am marrying my sweetheart in May. This is good for
us, and does no harm to anyone else.
Sincerely,
Robyn Ochs