“I should never, ever, ever have to be forced to do a fitting for a wedding that is sinful in my eyes. Again, they can go down to the Men’s Warehouse on Dodge Street, they do fittings for whoever it is that comes through their door, but the government of Omaha should not be forcing me to make a sale that I don’t believe in as a small business owner. Thank you.”
The speaker then stepped down from the podium and returned to his seat in the committee room. Michael sat at his committee desk, trying to read the room. He saw members of the media he knew in the audience. He looked in scorn at Bethany George, the Omaha World-Herald reporter who had written a piece about how he was one of the laziest new senators of the session after he dropped from two committee assignments to one. It’s alright,
