Rep. Mary Bono is skipping the Republican National Convention partly because the party has already committed to nominate incumbent President George W. Bush and because she disagrees with her party’s stance on gay marriage, reports the Desert Sun.
Four large billboard trucks with the message ‘George W. Bush: You’re Fired’ are trolling the streets of Manhattan the week of the Republican National Convention. The Human Rights Campaign is sponsoring the trucks to highlight the need to defeat George W. Bush in November. President Bush has been the chief advocate for the discriminatory ‘Federal Marriage Amendment’ that would forever ban critical protections for same-sex couples and their children.
The Human Rights Campaign also has launched an ad featuring Vice President Cheney that asks Federal Marriage Amendment supporters, ‘What if it were your child, Mr. President?’ At a campaign rally Aug. 24, the vice president restated his position that states should handle the question of marriage, signifying his opposition to putting discrimination in the Constitution. ‘Like Senator Kerry, Vice President Cheney disagrees with the President on changing the Constitution,’ said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. ‘As more parents like the Cheneys speak out, it becomes untenable for President Bush and his congressional allies to use gay marriage as a political weapon. This amendment is discriminatory and divisive and it’s time for the political games to end.’