this business speech of the year anything that's surprising way to yellow
tulips
it's from a republican
it's in the washington state legislature i heard a misrepresented morning walsh
they're discussing about whether gay marriage it should be
allowed in the state of washington
and she is going to break ranks with other republicans
uh... and vote in favor of gay marriage
as she's gonna tell a personal story about why
don't miss the swatch wildlife park in my mind to guide me decisions that i've
made
on a lot of different issues that have been before us in the legislature
and i think sometimes
that's what we have to do
i i'd to don't wanna but my fingers anybody about which way you should vote
on this it's certainly an issue of conscience to me and certainly one that
is
been weighing very heavily for the last few weeks
you know i was married for twenty three years to a lot of my life
and uh... he died six years ago
and you know i'm in hummel only a widow right now i'm fifty one years old
looking for a boyfriend not having much luck with that
and yet
when i think
of my husband
and i think of all the wonderful years we have in
the wonderful fringe benefits have increased use of children
item this process
into me thats kinda what this boils down to
how miss company nine
assortments
but i don't it's not
it's it is certainly not the aspect of that relationship
that incredible bonds of that i have without human being
really really genuinely
which i still have
and so i just
i think to myself how could i did not
anyone of right
that incredible font with another individual in life
to me it seems almost cruel
you know years ago my daughter winter
cindy elementary school kids
that many of you methodologies fabulous girls wonderful my boys are craig to my
daughter's just something special and she was the light of her father's eyes
it she would still in there were some kids that were whole group of kids just
picking on another kid
and you know
my daughter's did up for
even though it wasn't the popular thing to do
she knew it was the right thing to do
with never more proud of my kid
and knowing that she was
speaking against the vocal majority
half of the rights of the minority
and to me
it is incumbent upon us as legislators in this state to do that
that is why we are here
and i shudder to think
that if folks who have preceded us in history
do that
frankly i'm not sure i would be here is a woman
i'm not sure other people would be here due to their race whether creed
and to me that is what's disconcerting
and someone made the comment that this is not about equality
well yes it is coffee
and why in the world
would we not allow
those equal rights for a individuals who truly were committed to one another in
life
to be able to
to show that by way of a marriage
my daughter came out of the closet a couple years ago
and you know what i thought i was just because i cannot support that
captain stephan
she's still a fabulous human being
and she's matt a person that she loves very much
and someday by god i wanna throw a wedding for that kid
and i hope that's exactly what i can to i hope she will not feel like a
second-class citizen
involved in something called the domestic partnership with frankly sounds
like a merry maids franchise to me
here are the reasons i love that speech uh... first of all the wrong it's the
was fantastic ido missus xc about how funny was that
buddy indian university in leadership style
you know trying to do some
fancy political speech were she's working a talking point
it was clear that she was speaking from the heart
and then the poise she had were fantastic
how can i deny anyone added bility to have that kind of
deep loving relations but i have
that's so true when he gets the essence of the issue
she says don't tell me they wouldn't be second-class citizens of course they are
if you're calling it something else and you're not giving them the same rights
as she said
four-week anyone we say it's not about equality
obviously it's about equality
that's what the whole
all issue is if they had a quality in terms of
the law the name of cetera then there wouldn't be an issue it's obviously
at the core of the problem
and i love the way she said i'm not sure i would be here
and remember she's a republican there but she is a one dash they are not sure
i would be here
if other people didn't fight for my equality in all of our quality as so
many others of you will be some race creed et cetera
an ally i mean come on which she said that her daughter was the light of our
father's eyes
i mean
that would to spokane
volumes to me and if you got a daughter you gotta sign you had kids
you know how brian will take there are two u and how much you love them
and then some people want to deny them the same rights to loving relationship
that other people have in this country it isn't right
and uh... and i love her firm appointing that out
listen uh... ait the republics are having trouble affiliate candidate uh...
right now they're in the middle of c practice large conservative gathering
and they say they're dissatisfied with all their ten days of my go all the way
to a brokered convention
where they might pick someone else in tyre
i nominate representative maureen walsh
bashes that my spirit in washington and that's not likely to happen but uh...
but god i was a great speech in those craters you're somewhat actually
giving a genuine heartfelt uh...
you know talk
in politics when if everything else is so scripted
and so down about talking points that's grading on everybody's nerves and i hope
she got through to some people uh... now among the republic's use only
one of two people who cross rank so i'm not sure how much it did get through but
at least the bill passed fifty five forty three and the governor of
washington says that she will sign the bill so you will have marriage equality
in washington and that's a great thing and i wanna say cribs are maureen walsh
for helping to make that happen