2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ENDORSEMENT (SUPER TUESDAY/COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY)

I cast my vote for in the Colorado Presidential Primary as part of the Super Tuesday contests for…

LONG LIVE THE KING

THE TIME IS NOW

“I, Michael Joseph Watts, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.”

“So help me God.”

THE OATH

“I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (optional) So help me God.”

FUCK YOU 2016

AND HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

Incumbent-Senator Mark Kirk faced challenger Representative Tammy Duckworth in the Illinois Senate debate on back in October.

There were two statements that stood out.

A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR A BIRTHDAY BOY

THERE ARE TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

I. Love. Hamilton.

TRADITION AND HERITAGE

GO TO HELL YOU OLD BASTARD! (MY 32ND BIRTHDAY)

A MOMENTARY HIATUS

I SHOULD'VE WRITTEN THIS LETTER TO SANTA

U.S. NAVY BIRTHDAY

"Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with warlike stores and other supplies for our enemies, and for such other purposes as the Congress shall direct.

That a Committee of three be appointed to prepare an estimate of the expence, and lay the same before the Congress, and to contract with proper persons to fit out the vessel.

Resolved, that another vessel be fitted out for the same purposes, and that the said committee report their opinion of a proper vessel, and also an estimate of the expence."

LONG OVERDUE (Letter To Denver Post, 10 August 2014)

The picture above is a couple and their son I met while volunteering at the annual Denver Pride Fest in late June. They were one of the first couples to receive a marriage license by the Denver County clerk after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals announced that Utah's ban on same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional. Colorado is in the 10th Circuit.

I stand up for them and countless other gay and lesbian couples because they are being denied equal protection as expressed by the 14th Amendment of our constitution which I swore to support and defend 12 years ago this past 6 August.

As of this time court rulings in the state court have ruled Colorado's 2006 ban on same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional. The rulings led to county clerks in Denver, Boulder, and Pueblo to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but Attorney General John Suthers has issued a stay on those actions.

A federal judge for the district of Colorado ruled that our state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The judge stayed his ruling until 25 August to allow defendants the chance to appeal this case. Already the 10th Circuit ruled that Utah and Oklahoma banning same-sex couples from marrying was unconstitutional so it is likely that the court would rule the same for Colorado.

Those cases might get heard by the Supreme Court as soon as this upcoming term, and there could be a resolution on an issue that I have been involved in for the last few years.

For some, you know why I have been involved in this issue. The letter that appears in the 10 August 2014 edition of the Denver Post explains why.

SIX AND SIX

#TWEET20K

#BRAvsCHI #RoundOf16 #Tweet20K Brazil 1, Chile 1 (AET) #BRA wins penalty shootout 3-2 and plays #COLvsURU winner. #SurviveAndAdvance
— Michael Watts (@mjwatts1983) June 28, 2014

Well, it happened to be a sports related tweet.

Here is to 10,000 more tweets.

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