Holding Hillary's feet to the fire on gay marriage...
I read the item "Clinton, Schumer Under Fire For Gay Marriage Stance" on Queerty.com today with great interest because I have been so down on Barack Obama's stance on gay marriage and especially the manner in which he expressed it again last weekend.
There were some readers who wondered if I would have been as hard on Hillary Clinton since she has an identical stance. It's a fair question and maybe I would have cut her more slack because, overall, I thought she was the best person to lead this country.
With the Democratic National Convention beginning on Monday (I'll be there!), I realize it is time to get behind our candidate because I think, gay marriage stance excepted, he would be far better for our country - and a majority of Americans - than John McCain.
Ok, back to Hillary and gay marriage. on Queerty, gay activist Allen Roskoff has some harsh words for Clinton and her fellow New York Senator Chuck Schumer on their anti-gay marriage stance:
"It is way past time that our community start holding accountable the U.S. Senators from New York: Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer. As New York State is on the verge of reaching marriage equality, it is a disgrace that both our U.S. senators still oppose our right to marry. While some people may like to bask in the sunlight of the razzle-dazzle Clinton and the powerful but boring Schumer, they do so at the expense of full recognition of our relationships."
"Unless the senators change their positions and support marriage equality by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2009, I am calling on the LGBT community, including all the political clubs in New York, to declare the senators unwelcome to our support."
Wow. He has drawn a line in the sand. We'll have to stay tuned!
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I can tell you how much Hillary cares about "the line in the sand." She is just like Bill. All we had when Bill left office was a slogan, "Don't ask, don't tell." There were more people kicked out of the military during the Clinton administration than during all previous administrations combined. Why should we expect anything different from her on the subject of gay marriage? As a community we must organize better so that our votes carry the greatest impact possible. And when we hold our demonstrations lets make a good appearance; save the drag for the bar.