All politicians have what is known as Foot-in-Mouth disease, not to be compared to the bovine Foot and Mouth disease. They all have it, no matter their party affiliation. This disease flares up when their brain is not engaged when their mouth is open. Remember Interior Secretary James Watt during the Reagan Administration? Mr. Watt opened his mouth a few times before Reagan gave him a golden Foot-In-Mouth trophy in the Rose Garden in front of the reporters.
As with the Texas state Rep. Passidomo, she was way out of line when she blamed an 11 year old for her own gang rape! The victim is a child and should be treated with respect for her age and Passidomo should not put any kind of adulterous connotation with that child's name.
As for people accepting what I am, all that I know that accepted me, including my church-loving Texan sister, all of my quite large extended family thus far including a radical Democratic cousin and a few friends, most of them are from the Judeo-Christian faith and are mostly Republican (~90% so far). Those who don't, these are the avowed athiests, some Democratic, some over-testosterated Republicans of both sexes, those that are from other affiliated or just plain lukewarm.
My scorecard so far: Republicans = Accepting, some will help; Democrats = Only a few accepting, others lukewarm, most with a NIMBY attitude. Go figure!
Joelene.
