Florida can't take any more Feeney

Politics often lead to the greatest sound-bites a blogger or a comedian could ever hope for.

Election season is particularly excellent fodder for entertainment. President Bush, the leader of the free world, was caught muttering "Bushisms" like, "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

A more local politician recently said something that was particularly outrageous.

However, earlier this summer, following the decision of the California Supreme Court to overturn the gay marriage ban, Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., who also happens to represent the UCF community, said, "The California Supreme Court effectively thwarted the will of the people by overturning a voter-approved gay marriage ban. I'm appalled that unelected judges have irresponsibly decided to legislate from the bench and overturn the will of the people. Florida's hardworking families should know that I will continue to fight to prevent San Francisco taxes and values from infiltrating our community."

Evidently, some Floridians regard San Francisco as if it were the Communist Red Scare all over again. According to Feeney, we are supposed to fear and loathe San Franciscoans just because their values might be different from those of a few archaic fundamentalists here at home who believe that the world should never change.

Feeney's reign of crassness needs to come to an end this year.

He is one of the most staunchly conservative representatives in the House of Representatives and has impeded too many positive proposals to remain our representative.

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