Last political post of the day (maybe)

Tom Humphrey has a must-read (if you're interested in state government) article in the News-Sentinel today about a variety of issues facing the state legislature. Gov. Bredesen:

"...gay marriage is 'a vastly different issue from tolerance for gays.

I certainly have said frequently over the years that I would happily promote hire or discharge of people in state government without regard to sexual orientation or anything like that," he said. "But it seems to me that's a long way from putting official imprimatur of the state on a union where, you know, there's many thousands of years of history to the contrary. It strikes me as unnecessary and contrary to the values of most Americans."

I'm not really commenting either way but it's worth noting that Republicans get called vile bigots when we say such things. Just an observation.