A Reminder About Who Has Done Something Lately...
After my interview today on The Michelangelo Signorile Show, it felt important to re-run a post I wrote earlier in February. A little reminder of who has actually done something for the LGBT community, instead of simply talking about it.
With a media that will spend days parsing on the color of your pantsuit or the timbre of your laugh - to delicately and cautiously wordsmith is a political reality.
There is, however, a distinct difference in the two candidates and their efforts for the LGBT community. I’m going to vote for with the one who has delivered and who I believe will continue to deliver.
In June 2007, Massachusetts was faced with an anti-gay, anti-marriage equality measure at the Constitutional Convention that would have ripped the state apart. Not only the state, but also it would have set the tone for all marriage equality fights across the country.
Senator Clinton’s campaign manager, Terry McAuliffe, made quiet calls to state legislators to vote down the initiative, according an anonymous source in a key role in the efforts to secure marriage equality in Massachusetts.
Senator Obama? Nothing. Not a word. Not a call. Not one.
In fact, Senator Obama invited to his stage Donny McClurkin, a rabid homophobic gospel singer . He has garnered the support of yet another anti-gay pastor Reverend Kirby Caldwell.
Imagine what would happen to Clinton had she stood on stage, clapping and singing, with a white evangelical who believed Jews should burn in hell.
I was asked today what is the single most important issue for me. I can't say one with out the others. How do you choose between the war, a women's right to choose, healthcare because it is about individuals and it is about American businesses competing on a global stage and public education and someone giving a damn about it, funding it, and staying on top of it.
And I want marriage equality, repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. I want to be recognized as a full citizen with the same rights as every heterosexual.
Clinton, in my opinion, has already started the work. She’s already working behind the scenes to make important votes happen.
Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have come out against gay marriage. Both have said they would not support federal recognition of gay marriages.
Both have written to the LGBT community asking for their support.
Wordsmithing is a political reality. Actions, in my opinion, speak louder than words. Last June when we were struggling to keep marriage equality in the state of Massachusetts? Clinton’s campaign manager Terry McAuliffe made phone calls.
I’m voting for the one who helped deliver a key victory in LGBT history.
I’m voting for Senator Clinton.
Clinton Key in LGBT Massachusetts Win
Super Tuesday is here and LGBT voters across the country are asking, Why won't Clinton or Obama just say they support our rights, clearly, without hesitation, without disclaimers? Why all the wordsmithing?With a media that will spend days parsing on the color of your pantsuit or the timbre of your laugh - to delicately and cautiously wordsmith is a political reality.
There is, however, a distinct difference in the two candidates and their efforts for the LGBT community. I’m going to vote for with the one who has delivered and who I believe will continue to deliver.
In June 2007, Massachusetts was faced with an anti-gay, anti-marriage equality measure at the Constitutional Convention that would have ripped the state apart. Not only the state, but also it would have set the tone for all marriage equality fights across the country.
Senator Clinton’s campaign manager, Terry McAuliffe, made quiet calls to state legislators to vote down the initiative, according an anonymous source in a key role in the efforts to secure marriage equality in Massachusetts.
Senator Obama? Nothing. Not a word. Not a call. Not one.
In fact, Senator Obama invited to his stage Donny McClurkin, a rabid homophobic gospel singer . He has garnered the support of yet another anti-gay pastor Reverend Kirby Caldwell.
Imagine what would happen to Clinton had she stood on stage, clapping and singing, with a white evangelical who believed Jews should burn in hell.
I was asked today what is the single most important issue for me. I can't say one with out the others. How do you choose between the war, a women's right to choose, healthcare because it is about individuals and it is about American businesses competing on a global stage and public education and someone giving a damn about it, funding it, and staying on top of it.
And I want marriage equality, repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. I want to be recognized as a full citizen with the same rights as every heterosexual.
Clinton, in my opinion, has already started the work. She’s already working behind the scenes to make important votes happen.
Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have come out against gay marriage. Both have said they would not support federal recognition of gay marriages.
Both have written to the LGBT community asking for their support.
Wordsmithing is a political reality. Actions, in my opinion, speak louder than words. Last June when we were struggling to keep marriage equality in the state of Massachusetts? Clinton’s campaign manager Terry McAuliffe made phone calls.
I’m voting for the one who helped deliver a key victory in LGBT history.
I’m voting for Senator Clinton.
posted by Sara at 5:19 PM
5 Comments:
I heard you on the show yesterday -- you did a great job!
I am starting to think that as a society, we're just not going to be able to process what's going on with Hillary Clinton until after the election. We are too distracted by Obama's pretty words to stop and do a deep analysis of sexism that still exists in America.
But I think in the next election when another woman (maybe Tammy Baldwin?) runs, America will say "remember how awful we were to Hillary, giving Obama credit for everything she did first?"
And things will be different. Maybe...
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