I'm not fired.

I only have a little bit of information about the meeting:

- Nobody [on the committee] wants me to leave.

- They like me.

- They don't have a problem with my sexual preference [ugh, this word!].

- They just think it was a case of bad judgment and that the letter included too much information.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), I will have lunch with two members of the committee and hear more about the meeting. Then I will appear before the committee on Monday and talk with the whole group.

So... I don't have much to say right now. My main thought is that it looks like they just want to slap my wrist for a "bad judgment call" and leave it at that. I will certainly not apologize for my actions, nor will I offer them my wrist.

I love the attitude: we are alright with your "preference" - heck, we like you! - but we don't think it's alright that you talk about it when the state is voting to write cold-blooded discrimination against you into the constitution. Have a little tact, please, and stay silent. We like you more that way.

Where was the "too much information"? I wrote that my homosexuality was never a choice. I talked about Andrew holding my hand when I was sick and how that kind of devoted love gave me strength to perform well. There was no talk of sex, there was nothing that was inappropriate for a child to read. If I am to stick around, they need to recognize the double standard in being "alright with me" but requiring me to stay silent on such a personal issue when the rest of the country gets to talk out against it. Lord!

More to come tomorrow afternoon...

-Brett