For everyone who says "Hey, TBVT is not about gay people, it's about democracy" I offer the following excerpts from my inbox. All spelling and typos are the responsibility of the original authors. I can't make this stuff up. For the record, my inbox runs abut 60% pro civil unions, 40% against. "it figures someone with a ring in it's nose could be led around in circles so easily" "We are not bigots. We feel that homosexuality is unnatural and wrong. We tolerate you but we will not accept homosexuality. My personal opinion is that it is caused by a genectic disorder--like Downs syndrome. We are convinced the next step will be an attempt to indoctrinate children that Homosexuality is ok. I would like to take back Vermont to the point were gay means you are happy. REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. Our leaders were elected to represent us. They failed and will be voted out. I have had homosexual friends and neighbors. I would not hurt them,nor would I let anyone hurt them,but you are not the way God intended us to be. Dont blame me,take it up with God when your time comes." "Far back when to be gay meant you were happy. Soon we will be able to tell if a fetus will be homosexual and because of your stance on abortion we will be able to abort the defective fetus. You should fund genetic research to determine what gene failure causes your maladay. Maybe science will be able to cure your problem." [note: this guy emails me every few days with similar messages] "In answer to your question of how far back to take Vt, I think the answer is to the time when the pillow biting fudge packing faggots stayed under rocks where they belonged. Yes, this is hate mail. Contrary to what you pedophile pervertsb believe, hate is not illegal and at times is useful. I hope you die soon of aids in a lot of pain and spend eternity in hell." "You are the problem in vermont flatlanders" "We don't want your agenda and your school curriculum taught to our children to sway them to believe that such a perverted lifestyle is ok and acceptable. It is very unhealthy and even my dog doesn't try to hump other dogs of the same gender. Get a life and don't try to get Vermonters to accept your sickening pervertedness." "I am going to start out strong, Fags and Lezes should never have kids and should never be marred it is not cool it is not right and deep in your hart and mind you know that!!!" "You queers are nasty... and let me bring up one point to explain how queerism is wrong.... if it was an "okay" thing to do, wouldn't it be natural for you all to have children? Man and woman go together because they can create life... as do female and male creatures of every species... You don't see a couple of boy monkeys, cats, or mice or whatever together.... Sure, boys dogs will hump other ones but they'll also hump your leg but that's just cuz they are stupid and horny... which I guess seems to be the case with fags... Explain another thing to me... Why is it just about every fag you meet is someone who has been ridiculed all of their life, because of the way they look, or they had a really rough life in some way growing up... Why is it that most gays come out of situations like that and all they are doing it for is attention and they don't know how to do it the right way... So aside from the fact that in god's eyes it's wrong (and you all will be going to hell,! not that it's my place to judge but you will), but even if there was no god, all the points I have outlined above are still EXTREMELY valid although your SICK minds will not be able to comprehend them because you've been brainwashed.... Oh I've always had a question about fags.... why is it you say you just wanna be left alone and treated normal... and then you need to go have a fricken parade and rub it in everyones noses (or asses as you might prefer)... I'm thinking of starting a straight pride parade, to tell all of you homos how much I like girls! I live in Vermont and you people make me want to leave... And incase you don't already know, it isn't a matter of principle that they gave these new rights to you idiots... it is just for publicity and maybe tourism and just to attract people to come here... it's all just exploitation of our state in order to put it on the map... That being said forward this to all the other BrownBay Packers so they realize how discussting they are." "HEY SCUMBAGS! WHY DON'T YOU TRY A LITTLE HONESTY AND LABEL YOUR SITE "PERVERTS TAKE VERMONT" WHICH IS WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE CALLED. I HOPE YOU GET AIDS AND DIE SLOWLY IN A LOT OF PAIN. ROT IN HELL!"