The Senator from Texas, who hopes to win over voters and become the next Governor of Texas in 2010, has a history of voting against legislation regarding civil equality. In fact, the ACLU scores the senator at only 25% when it comes to her voting record on civil rights, the Human Rights Campaign scored her at 0%, and the NAACP scored her at only 18%. Here’s a snippet of her record:

Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (S. J. Res. 1)
Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (S. 625, 2002 and S.2549, 2000)
Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business.(S.1173, 1997)
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (HR 3396, 1996)
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (S. 2056, 1996)
Voted YES on loosening restrictions for cell phone wiretapping. (S. 1510, 2001)

In 2007, Charlize Theron was voted the sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine. At that time, Esquire couldn’t possibly have known that Ms. Theron would later be named a United Nations Messenger of Peace and become a leader in the quest for civil equality.

When bestowing the peace messenger honor on Theron, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had this to say:

You have used your voice, compassion and special relationship with the public to create a better world.

Theron is still doing exactly that; this time as she rallies people to support gay marriage.