Letter from Dick McCormick our senator

> Hello.
> Please call me Dick.   Since my grandfather
> died the only people to call
> me Richard are my dental hygientist and one or two gay
> friends.  Â
>
> Both houses of the legislature divide themselves into
> committees.   We
> divide the work among those
> committees.   The Judiciary Committees in
> each house deal with justice
> issues.   Economic issues are handled in
> the House by the committees on Economic Development, Ways
> and Means
> (Taxes), Institutions, Transportation and
> Appropriations.   In the
> Senate the money committees are Appropriations, Finance,
> Economic
> Development and Institutions.   Niether the
> House nor Senate Judiciary
> committee deals with economic issues.   The
> time the Judiciary
> committees spend on the question of civil marriage equality
> will not
> take one second from the economy.
>
> That said, I must admit that responding to emails for and
> against
> marriage equality is starting to eat into my
> time.   But it doesn't take
> time away from my consideration of the economy, it simply
> lengthens my
> workday.   This is because I respect your
> right as a citizen to have me
> give your views as much consideration as they
> need.   Please understand
> that, just as I respect your right to consideration, I
> respect the claim
> to justice made by our gay and lesbian
> neighbors.   Frankly I think it
> rather presumptuous for one citizen to decide that another
> citizen's
> rights are not important.
> Dick McCormack