It has all come down so quickly here and all at once. I mean we suspected all of this, we prepared for it, we lobbied hard against it but BAM, they are taking us all down all at once. It is so hard. Our lobbyist lives with us during session because he lives in another city. He came here the 3rd of January and is still in our upstairs bedroom and will be for at least another week and he has been here through almost all the weekends. His work has been hard, constant and brutal. The things being said by our legislators during these debates were so cruel, so clueless and so self righteous that I had to turn it off. He has to stay and listen to it. After all is said and done we may save one bill that has not come up that would wipe out all protection for LGBT citizens of this state in the name of religious liberty (bigotry). All else has failed. Our strong women have failed. The Democrats went home in their minds years ago and have little to say about those in their party who help write and support all of this crappy and hurtful legislation, you can't even get them to censure them. They talk a big game to your face (sometimes) then turn a blind eye to it all. The national party does not even know we are here, Kansas? Isn't that part of a movie about witches and little people?
We are most likely having a party to support our moderate Republican state senator against our nasty Republican state representative who is challenging her. I will be going door to door for other moderate Republicans here. There is no other way and frankly they have been better on all of this than anyone. They have heavy and hard targets on their backs, I suspect they will get little from their National party either.
You are right, there is sun somewhere. Keep the clouds away!!! I know I am not leaving this state. My Great Great (x?) Grands fought for it to be a free state, fought with John Brown, were elected to offices in the new free state and settled the area I now live in and by God and all that is good their toughness lives in my soul but for now I mourn and lick my wounds.
I will gaze at the sun and let it inspire me that not everywhere is like it is here, all gray and heavy. If all this blather is not enough to prove the state of depression I am in I don't know what would. What a load! Posting anyway just because.
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