An Open Letter to . . .

Todd Tiahrt
4th District, Kansas, Representative
2441 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative Tiahrt:

Having already informed Senator Roberts of the egregious error he
has committed in his electronic correspondence with me concerning
a form I filled out on the ACLU website regarding the
constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, I now turn to
correcting a similar error on your part.

I am in no way a supporter of the amendment. In fact, I vilify it
and all that it stands for, viewing it not only as a positive
denigration of basic human rights, but also as un-American, and
(this may come as a surprise to you) absolutely un-Christian.

The fact that your letter to me of 8 December indicates my
“support” for the amendment is not only erroneous, it is a gross
distortion of the simple facts. Did you or your staffers really
think that an e-mail originating on the ACLU’s server would
support such a travesty as the amendment you “proudly co-
sponsor”?

Perhaps you’re simply in the habit of ignoring all opinions from
those you purport to represent that run counter to your own. In
that case, you are a representative in name only.

Any records you may be keeping in regards to how many of your
constituents support this vile amendment should therefore be
corrected to read one fewer. I expect nothing less for my portion
of the tax dollars that go to support your salary than some type
of return correspondence indicating that you have corrected this
problem.

I also suggest that, in the future, you keep in mind just who it
is you work for. And if you view your boss as primarily a Jewish
carpenter, consider that He, at least, would have listened.

Warmly (to say the least!),

Lael Ewy