Mr Camp, for years I have been your vocal constituent. And for years you have consistently voted against what is in my best interest as a gay American. Instead, you wish that your long-time constituent be given second-class status in the law, be denied the ability to help his long-time partner become a citizen of this great nation, and more. You have voted that I be denied the ability to go to the hospital and be with my partner when he is hospitalized over night. You have voted that my partner not be able to share his medical benefits with me (I am not insured medically, and certainly, if anything happened, I would be in great trouble). What's more than this, Mr. Camp, you have--without fail--voted to have these inequalities enshrined in the Constitution of our great nation. Mr. Camp, you have hundreds of gay men and women in your district, but today, I don't write for them--your constituents, your neighbors, your friends and even your family--I write for myself. Mr. Camp, represent me. I am your constituent too, and your job is to make my life better, not worse. However, it has seemed your mission in life to spend your time in congress making life for me and the hundreds of other gay men and women in your district miserable and difficult. Mr. Camp, maybe you have personal reasons for being so vehemently against your gay friends and neighbors. But beyond your personal feelings, Mr. Camp, you are failing at your job. You are making me feel like I am a non-entity in this country--a country I pay taxes in, I work hard to make better and improve, a country that three generations of my family fought hard to protect in WWI, WWII and Vietnam (something I was not able to do as well because of yet another discriminatory policy of this government supported by your party).
Mr. Camp, am I not your constituent too? Am I not an American too?