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This morning on NPR Linda Wertheimer was interviewing a founder of the Log Cabin Republicans. She noted that Senator John Cornyn has recently appeared before a gay rights group and wondered, is it time for you to declare victory?
Last week a young Republican activist here said that, after voting for Charlie Bass and Kelly Ayotte, he would be in a good position to urge them to change their positions and support equal rights for gays.
BRRRINGG! This is your wakeup call.
Today EVERY Republican Senator voted to block consideration of a measure that would have simply authorized the President and the military to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The so-called "moderates" from Maine, Dick Lugar, John McCain: it was unanimous.
The Republican Party is solidly against equal rights for gay Americans. If you're comfortable in that crowd, so be it.
Adding (Dean): Why is someone who got out of Vietnam due to acne and bad knees keeping patriotic Americans from serving their country? Disgraceful.
What's a deprivator? It's a person who deprives or seeks to deprive another of the basic human rights to life, liberty and, as the Canadians say, the security of the person.
The voters of Washington State seem to have decided that they don't want their government to promote deprivation.
Pride Month has come and gone, Gentle Reader, with no comment from this desk.
It's not that I'm in some way insensitive to the subject; instead it's more of a desire, once again, to stay off the beaten path.
And in that spirit, I do indeed have a story of Gay History...but it's not from the Summer of '69...instead, this story was already well underway before the Summer of '29.
So put on something très chic and let's head on over to Harlem...at the time of the Renaissance...because it's time to meet Gladys Bentley.
(Thanks for this, Zandra. - promoted by Dean Barker)
After stopping by the State House offices several times in vain hope of catching my Senator in person, I've resorted to leaving a letter handwritten in the presence of his office staff.
The letter contained a brief glimpse of my own wedding day, and I've delivered similar correspondence to the offices of a couple of my favorite public officials - those who I trust to do the right thing at the right time. For the public record, here's the short memory I shared:
It was 1997 and the issue before the senate was legislation to end what had been legal discrimination based on perceived sexual orientation.
A moderate Republican colleague told me he supported the bill. His fear of not being re-elected kept him from voting for it; he lost re-election anyway.
In an op-ed piece published in the Union Leader, Speaker Terie Norelli takes a stand against discrimination and for equal protection under the law.
I agree with her statement
It's disgraceful that opponents of House Bill 415 have trivialized the very real challenges faced by a small segment of our population -- citizens who have come face to face with losing their job or being denied housing.
Another Progressive organization supports the man who will most likely be elected President, per CNN's latest head to head matchup surveys. http://www.bluehampshire.com/s...
I saw the endorsement on the front page of today's Monitor but it's not online yet, so this is from UL. Sorry.I wish I could stay on all day, but I am out, headed to Vermont for work and hoping to get back before the heavy flakes fly-JBB
http://www.unionleader.com/art...
Edwards yesterday also picked up the endorsement of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition for his commitment to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues.
Edwards, like the other candidates, does not support gay marriage but, according to chairman executive director state Rep. Mo Baxley, 'is the strongest candidate across the board on anti-discrimination and equal rights'.
I am proud of my candidate and his committment to equal rights under law. When he wins in Iowa he won't be 'runnin' on empty'.
Senator and Presidential candidate Chris Dodd today released the following statement following Governor John Lynch signing the New Hampshire Civil Unions Bill into law.
"I applaud Governor Lynch and the New Hampshire Legislature for passing the Civil Unions legislation, ensuring that all couples enjoy the same rights and freedoms regardless of their sexual orientation," said Dodd. "With two young daughters of my own, I want to ensure that they grow up in a world that is free of discrimination. That is why I supported Civil Unions in my home state of Connecticut and it is why I am proud to see John Lynch and the State Legislature doing the right thing here in New Hampshire."
This past weekend Senator Dodd spoke about his beliefs on equal rights and civil unions at a house party in Laconia, NH. Here's my transcription:
That's an interesting question. I've done this for years when people raise the issue. I simply ask audiences before I tell you what my view is on it I want you to spend just thirty seconds thinking about something I'm going to say to you.
How would you like your children and grandchildren treated if they were to be raised, and I don't know what your sexual orientation is, if their sexual orientation was different?
If my two daughters were a different sexual orientation from my wife and I, how would I want my two daughters treated, in terms of housing, job opportunities, whether or not they can be protected against hate crimes and the like, how would you like your children and grandchildren to be treated?
And if your answer is, "I'd like them to be treated equally and fairly as any other human being should be," then the answer, I think, becomes rather simple.
I'm very proud of the fact that my state and your state, by the way, I'm very proud of your governor John Lynch, proud of your state legislators here. It didn't take a court order in New Hampshire and it didn't take one in Connecticut either to recognize that civil unions ought to be allowed and supported and endorsed.
