Clinton announces 6 LGBT Illinois delegates

[Alamom]

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=16661



Clinton announces 6 LGBT Illinois delegates
2007-11-21

The Clinton Campaign announced that it filed its full list of 119 delegates and alternate delegates in Illinois, and six are openly LGBT.
The Clinton Campaign filed to place Sen. Hillary Clinton on the Illinois primary ballot. It also filed its full list of Illinois delegates and alternates who have pledged they will support her if they attend the 2008 National Democratic Convention.

The LGBT delegates are: Malissa Rainey ( 2nd District ) ; Aimee A. Pine ( 5th District ) ; Tracey E. Smith ( 6th District ) ; Rocco Claps ( 6th District ) ; Jose M. Zuniga ( 9th District ) , and Gay E. Bruhn ( 13th District )

[durrrty libby]

1. Actions speak louder than words

:thumbsup:

[MethuenProgressive]

44. Gay rights are Human rights.

:thumbsup!

[emilyg]

2. Good.

[hulklogan]

3. Good for Hillary!

And I love that she found an LGBT delegate named "Gay" :applause:

[Maven]

4. Good for her.

P.S. Rocco Claps is now one of my favorite names EVAR...LOL

[IndianaGreen]

5. Has Hillary finally come around to support marriage rights for LGBTs?

The last time she spoke about it to an LGBT group, was behind closed doors, and she told them that she was "evolving" on the issue. Is she done evolving?

[Armstead]

33. Don't ask, don;t tell

"You can consider yourselves married as long as you don't tell anyone else."

[RichGirl]

34. Evolving...

...before the election would lose her the election. Gay marriage is too much of a wedge issue. She can evolve when we have a democratic president in the White House. She'll give a new and positive meaning the the term "flip flop"!!

[Tellurian]

37. Who else do you know that is running is doing more than Hillary..

in support of GLTB?

[Lord Helmet]

6. Oh goody! More DOMA, DADT, and a whole lotta shaming

The Clintons have set LGBT rights back a decade.

[avrdream]

7. Very nice to see this type of action....

(versus recent less gay-friendly actions by candidates).

And things will get even better for "the gays" during Hillary's presidency.

:woohoo:

[Critters2]

8. But that won't include marriage.

She doesn't support marriage equality, and her husband signed DOMA into law.

[avrdream]

10. I'm holding out hope that we will get a change ........

with whoever the next President is (on the Democratic side, of course).

We, as a society, are just so much more ready for proper positive changes for the LGBT community now compared to back when DOMA passed. Bill had lots and lots of gays in his administration which is an action that certainly spoke well to me.

[terrya]

28. Sadly, you're right.

Although both Obama and John Edwards have the same stance on same-sex marriage as Senator Clinton.

[Cameron27]

9. Good for Hill,

that's something I like to see.

[David Zephyr]

11. Don't the DNC's rules require 10% to be GLBT anyway?

.

[dsc]

29. I don't think they do

When we chose the people to run for delegate for Dean we were given no quotas at all which really surprised me. We had to pick two delegates and two alternates. We wound up OK male female wise but no other way.

[MaineDem]

32. It's up to each state

Some states will have an actual number and others must show what steps they'll take to make sure the traditionally underrepresented groups are included.

[calteacherguy]

12. Isn't that less than the percentage of the U.S. population that are gay?

[Clintonista2]

24. How many GLBT delegates has Obama announced again?

Didn't think so.

[calteacherguy]

43. Well, I would imagine it's likely to be an average of the percentage in the population.

I doubt he asks, are you gay or straight?

[saracat]

13. Don't delegates have to be elected, unless they are officials of a state party?

Has Illinois elected delegates? And how can delegates be picked before the primary? Delegates are only awarded after the primary.

[JI7]

21. delete

[William769]

14. Talk about getting two birds with one stone!

WTG hillary!

[CyberPieHole]

15. Bravo to Clinton and thanks for posting this Alamom...

nice to see a candidate be pro-active for a change.

:kick: and recommend.

[wiley]

16. Excellent.

[eridani]

17. So, what do they think of her homophobic minister supporters? n/t

[William769]

18. Hillary has no control over who supports her.

But she does have control over who she uses for fund raising.

[eridani]

19. She does if she specifically seeks out their support n/t

[William769]

20. And where did she do this?

[eridani]

22. On her own website

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=2857

Mayberry compares gay people to thieves.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/14/MNGJB5KB9N1.DTL&type=printable

Like most religious opponents of same-sex marriage, the Rev. Harold Mayberry, pastor of the First African Methodist Church in Oakland, has preached against homosexuality to his congregation of 2,800.

However, he does not think a federal amendment is necessary. The scriptures direct people how to lead a moral life, he said.

"I'm comfortable in what I believe in," Mayberry said. "I'm not rejecting people. As God loves, we love. I don't reject thieves, I reject thievery."

[William769]

23. "More than 60 Ministers and Community Leaders Meet to Discuss Urban Policy Issues"

He was one of 60. Was this a fundraiser? Now if you want to diss her for trying to tackle Urban Policy Issues , go right ahead. Did he discuss Homosexuality at this meeting? Did Hillary give him a platform to discuss Homosexual issues. Did Hillary even organize this meeting? No to all of those questions. But we know who can answer yes to all of those questions.

[eridani]

26. More specifically

No, he talks about issues other than homophobia, but he is still strongly antigay.

http://www.democraticwarrior.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27454

Well, then why does Hillary have Mayberry's endorsement prominently displayed on her campaign website -

"Senator Clinton has an excellent concept about how she plans to address issues surrounding crime and education. She described how she has partnered with leaders in New York to create a charter school specifically for African American men and notes that the Allen Cathedral AME Church charter school in Jamaica Queens, New York could be used as a model of how to help educate African American young men. Her mentioning of the school shows that she's aware of outstanding successful examples of education in this country. The way she addressed the need for the federal government to partner with inner cities suggests that she's not just focusing on international issues but that she's concerned with domestic ones - particularly crime and violence in our communities. I want a president who knows how to strike a balance between addressing international and domestic challenges facing this country," said Reverend Dr. Harold R. Mayberry, Senior Pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church and Chairperson of Network for Interfaith Action.

[William769]

27. Like I said diss her all you want for her stance on Urban policy issues.

What you just posted weakens your case even more. Anyone would be proud to have that posted on their website.

[eridani]

30. It's the hiding of the homophobic bigotry that is offensive n/t

[William769]

31. How is it hiding?

You want to open this can of worms go right ahead, I'm not going to let you off the hook.

Fact, Hillary did not organize the event , Obama did.
Fact, Hillary was not at a find raiser, it was a fund raiser for Obama.
Fact, Hillary did not invite him, Obama did invite Donnie.
Fact, Hillary did not pick the speakers, Obama made Donnie the emcee.

Now if Obama had been at a Urban Policy event where he Donnie endorsed Obama and Obama put it on his website it would have been a non issue, but that wasn't the case.

Obama was playing to a specific audience at the expense of the GLBT community.

Now chew on that for awhile. We are all waiting to see what you come up with next.

[racaulk]

36. Thank you!

[Tellurian]

38. Yes, thank you William..NT

[eridani]

40. I'm for Kucinich, and am against Obama for the same reasons I am against Clinton

Both are cuddling up to unpleasant people, not just homophobes but people like Rupert Murdoch.

[William769]

41. Great now change the subject.

I don't care who you are for,I will not let you put Hillary with the likes of Obama on this subject. And as to your Ruppert Murdoch, thats what your kind always falls back on and it's worked so well for you hasn't it? :rofl:

[eridani]

46. Neglecting to mention the homophobia of ministers who endorse her is hiding it

Where are the black ministers openly in favor of gay rights who are endorsing her? There are plenty of them.

[Clintonista2]

42. Eridani just got owned by William. Don't start battles you can't finish. n/t

[Bluebear]

45. 'Obama was playing to a specific audience at the expense of the GLBT community.'

You said it!!

[Clintonista2]

25. K&R.

[Evergreen Emerald]

35. good for her

[Tellurian]

39. Out of all the candidates, Hillary always comes through

as the most fair and balanced on any demographic.