At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is, |
concerned about emergency vehicles. |
Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year, |
for being a gay American but rather for having let personal feelings impact my decision-making. |
For this is an intensely personal decision and not one typically for the public domain, ... Yet, it cannot and should not pass. |
Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign, |
God forbid whether that emergency vehicle itself possesses a dangerous substance, or it answers the call -- say for example -- of an explosion and that vehicle itself possessed weaponry, weapons of mass destruction, [or] gas that may produce some further damage, |
I am a gay American. |
It makes little difference that as governor I am gay. |
It was a mistake, a tragic mistake. |
There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect themselves -- namely, our children. The failure of government in this instance to safeguard the health and welfare of these children is beyond excuse, it is sickening, |
There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect themselves: namely, our children. The failure of government in this instance to safeguard the health and welfare of these children is beyond excuse, it is sickening, |