A Cry for Help

RI Rep Joe Trillo sounds like a he's put a lot of deep thought into this:

"I think a majority of people have a problem using the word 'marriage.' I think the word 'marriage' needs to be preserved for a man and a woman because it is different," Trillo said. "It would be like calling soccer, 'football.' Both kick a ball around but the game is played differently."

Were a bill allowing same-sex marriage to make it to his desk as governor, Trillo said he would let a public poll determine whether he vetoed it. "If over 60 percent of the people supported gay marriage … I would not veto it." Conversely, he says he would "absolutely" sign into law Republican Sen. Leo Blais' bill to prohibit same-sex marriage.

Maybe he doesn't know that soccer is called football almost everywhere else in the world? And maybe he doesn't know what representative democracy is. You want to run a poll? Why do we need you to be governor, then?

And because I think it's important to keep putting this out there: I think it's an embarrassment that Rhode Island doesn't allow our gay friends and neighbors and fellow citizens the legal right to marry the person they love. An embarrassment.

OK then.