Equality Issue Separates Virginia Democratic Candidates
For Democratic voters in Virginia’s 1st district who care about equality, the choice in the 2010 congressional primary is clear: Vote Krystal Ball, not Scott Robinson.
For Democratic voters in Virginia’s 1st district who care about equality, the choice in the 2010 congressional primary is clear: Vote Krystal Ball, not Scott Robinson.
In the immediate wake of the National Equality March, some momentum for equal rights legislation was apparent. But that momentum seems to have come crashing to a halt. Senator Carl Levin had promised in October to hold a hearing on reform to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law, a law that codifies military anti-gay discrimination. [...]
Jackie Speier has joined the other members of the LGBT Caucus in cosponsoring H.R. 1283, legislation that would eliminate the discriminator policy.
There are some in Congress, like Representative Barney Frank, who want to keep the movement for equality hidden in the Congressional closet, taking place in whispered tones with paid lobbyists behind closed doors. The extreme antipathy of some members of Congress, such as Louie Gohmert, demonstrates that a soft, meek, deferential approach has not been enough.
U.S. Representative Barney Frank may have advised that equal rights activists need to keep their message quiet, with behind-closed-doors lobbying, but the new generation of activism is unashamed and out in the open on the National Mall.