WHY CAN'T ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST 'DO WHAT'S RIGHT?'
February 9, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sid Turbyfill
Battle Ground—Speaking out on the recent "hot potato toss" played with the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in our state legislative and executive branches, Washington for Traditional Values Coalition vice president Sidney Turbyfill today denounced the veto override affair saying, I wrote the first briefing to the legislature on this issue over two years ago. We've been struggling over this now for three sessions with the state house passing it five times and the senate three before they could collectively accomplish what the people would have no qualms in doing in only one try.
Quickly reasserting the great value of having this legislation in place as soon as possible, Mr. Turbyfill praised the result, if not the process, saying, I can't express how comforting it is to finally have the strongest possible defense against the pending encroachment of the same-sex "marriage" phenomenon into civilization's bedrock -- one-man and one-woman marriage. With all their denials, advocates for the non-traditional sexual orientation lobby have yet to disprove the legal necessity of providing this strong public policy against same-sex marriages in order to effectively resist the legal onslaughts to come.
It's no wonder so many folks have abandoned their duty to vote in elections when they get such sad returns on their investment, Turbyfill said, commenting on the unwillingness of elected leaders to take the right stand on the issue early on instead of waiting three years until they were backed into a corner.
On the one side the equivocators were hemmed in by having to go on record in voting on an item that the voting public overwhelmingly supported, but they seem to have trouble articulating a defense of their own views -- a defense they would surely have had to make repeatedly during the coming election campaigns had the issue been on the ballot. On the other side stood the traditionalist lobby which would not be put off any longer, letting the issue be rolled back to be dealt with in a future year.
Turbyfill said, When I worked at Federal Express with the finest management philosophy anywhere, we had one overarching rule: in the absence of a specific guideline to mitigate any situation, "do what's right." Even if it was for the wrong reasons, I'm glad the legislature finally did, too.
Contact: Sid Turbyfill
(360) 666-6941
(888) 953-3969
E-mail: turbyfil@e-z.net