As you know if you listen to our podcast or read the blog posts Little Flurry and I are in support of same sex marriage. Illinois could be the next state to make marriage equality the law as it should be. It saddened us to see that our local State Representative Frank Mautino of Spring Valley Illinois has come out against marriage equality sighting his, "Religious beliefs and how he was raised." It saddens me when people use their religious beliefs to push discrimination. If Mr. Mautino was raised to believe that discrimination of others for religious reasons is OK. then he was raised wrong. While he certainly has the right to believe what ever he wants, he cannot use his religious beliefs to push discrimination. Discrimination due to religion is still discrimination. If that is the kind of god he believe in than I want no part of a god like that. I do hope and believe that most of our congressional members here in Illinois are more open minded and don't give in to discriminatory thinking by those like Frank Mautino and do the right thing and make marriage equality the law in Illinois. These people should not be allowed to dictate our civil rights based on the parts of the bible they choose to believe.
If you would like to contact Mr. Mautino and let him know what you think of his decision to support discrimination, here is his office information for both Springfield and Spring Valley Illinois
Frank J Mautino
| Springfield Office: |
| 259-S Stratton Office Building |
| Springfield, IL 62706 |
| (217) 557-7680 FAX |
| District Office: |
| 221 E. St. Paul Street |
| Spring Valley, IL 61362 |
| (815) 663-1629 FAX |
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