Rep. Espich on supporting bigotry: "I sure do!"

Awesome! Great job to those who protested along with you.

While you're going around interfering with other people's right to peaceful assembly, have you made plans to vociferously protest against those Democrat members of the Indianapolis City-County Council who voted against the gay rights ordinance last month ?

What I presume to be your party, the Democrats, control Indianapolis lock, stock and barrel, yet they won't pass legislation supporting gay rights. So you pick on Bosma ? You're very conflicted.

Here's the names of the Democrats who killed the gay rights ordinance:

Patrice Abduallah
Sherron Franklin
Ron Gibson
Mary Moriarty Adams
Steve Talley

Perhaps you should show up at Steve Talley's next fundraiser and act like hooligans.

First of all, we didn't interfere with anyone's right to peaceably assemble, nor did we act like hooligans, any more than those founding fathers who dressed up like "indians" and dumped tea in a harbor to secure their freedom.

And this was by no means a partisan act -- regardless of political party, Brian Bosma led the charge to attack gay and lesbian families by sponsoring SJR7 and calling it "the most important piece of legislation this year." As the most prominent politician to actively promote bigotry and homophobia, he deserves all the attention he's getting.

We haven't forgotten the Democrats who voted against the Human Rights Ordinance, believe me. You won't see Patrice Abdullah in office again after the next election, and the others have been served notice too. We aren't anywhere near done.

Stacie sounds a little conflicted herself. Are you a little bitter against democrats Stacie honey? I am neither a democrat or a republican but I am one pissed off gay man who will go after bigotry and those who support it.
Brian Bosma should be called to the carpet and those that choose to support him, called along with him. And just like Steph said, rest assured this is NOT a partisan issue.

And Stacie, just an FYI, there were TWO protests at city council - one the night of the proposal 68 vote and another the next full council meeting.

Brian Bosma is still a bigger enemy overall in my opinion and just as he values his "free speech" Christian prayers and tent revivals in the statehouse. I will exercise my free speech at his fundraisers.

Thumbs up to the protest. Unfortunately, I'm sure that the irony of Mr. Bosma's chosen location for the fundraiser was lost on him and his supporters.

I am favor of gay marriage, I figure everyone deserves the equal right to suffer through wedlock.

I am against prayer in the House/Senate chambers.

And I'm against your bunch acting like the Stazi - "we took photos of people entering and leaving the fundraiser". Why would you take pictures of people ? Your efforts were about as constructive as the anti-I-69 bunch spray-painting the Capital building.

And you did too interfere with their right to peacefully assemble, in case you missed your own words: "...with a bullhorn and chanted and talked to drown out their speeches."

Say, Kevin, did you go after bigotry when Bart Peterson delayed the city pools' opening, which disproportionately affects black children ?

(BTW the Boston Tea Party was conducted because the British lowered, not raised, the tax on tea and the colonials didn't want the competition from cheaper British tea imports.)

Wow, Stacie sure knows a lot about the protest she didn't attend. Nothing like those who can criticize those who can do...

Maybe she's missing the whole point of a protest... To get your point across by making noise and disrupting business as usual. Bosma has declared it open season on queers in Indiana - no limit! So his beer bash wasn't as popular with the in-crowd this year... Maybe it's because now it's not business as usual anymore - not when you're fighting for your family...

Bosma should stop trying to affect the guise of "protector of families" when he's known for quite the opposite. Hypocricy should be exposed. The gloves are off - we're fighting for our lives.

Stacie,
No I did not go after Bart Peterson for delaying the opening of city pools by one week (what a stupid example btw) Bart Peterson did not say that the biggest issue facing Indiana is black children swimming in public pools now did he?
I agree with bilerico. The gloves are off. Its time for unconventional methods. Playing nice didn't get us anywhere. In fact, it kept setting us back.

I absolutley loathe Brian Bosma and his hypocricy, and will protest again if need be. What about all the christian fundamentalists that protest gay pride events with signs and chants of "God hates fags!"? Or the Advance America rally at the statehouse (which Mr Bosma was a speaker) and they bussed in school children many young ones barely old enough to read, holding signs that said "God hates fags". They declared war so its time to fight fire with fire.

Taking pictures of people who do things that harm society (like encouraging hatred and violence) is a time-honored and very successful tactic used by civil rights organizations over the years, including the black civil rights movement, the women's movement, and the early gay rights movement. If you are a Public Official and you enter a public place, you are subject to having your picture taken, and if you associate with people who openly call themselves homophobes, it's anyone's right to publicize that fact.

If you look at the legal definitions of peaceful assembly, we certainly didn't interfere with them at all. The right to peaceful assembly is intended to protect people from the *government* not from other citizens. They have a right to assemble. That doesn't mean they have a right to be heard. We can legally make as much noise as we want. We can drown out what they say. That's all perfectly legal. The only way we can interfere with their assembly is if we bodily removed them from the premises, which certainly didn't happen.

Regarding the Boston Tea Party -- I never said anthing about taxes, I said it was about securing freedom, and it was. The English goverment was manipulating the American economy, without representation from the colonists, which is the exact same thing as taxation without representation, which is what they were fighting for.

The black children and swimming pools may be the dumbest analogy that I have ever heard. Brian Bosma is a hatemonger and I support any nonviolent protest of him. He and his ilk should not receive a free pass.

Steph- thanks for being there. I drove by the protest on my way back home from work. If I hadn't had previous commitments, I would have walked over to the protest. It sounds like a rousing success, though!

YAY!

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