My support for John Edwards (and my co-support for Obama – I think they should end up being the Pres/VP ticket), isn’t something that I’ve hidden.
It is good to know I’m in good company:
National LGBT Leaders Endorse John Edwards For President
John Edwards for President
Apr 10, 2007Chapel Hill, North Carolina – The John Edwards for President campaign announced today that prominent LGBT leaders from across the country endorsed Senator John Edwards for President.
“I am honored to have the support of so many well-respected LGBT leaders,” said Edwards. “They work hard every day to make our country a better place and I am proud to join with them to fight for equal rights for all Americans.”
The following LGBT leaders endorsed Edwards for President:
* Skip Paul, Corporate Executive
* Darren Star, TV Producer
* Julie Johnson, Human Rights Campaign Public Policy Committee Co-Chair
* Eric Stern, Former National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director; Former Democratic National Committee LGBT Outreach Director
* David Mixner, Former Bill Clinton for President Adviser; LGBT activist, fundraiser, author www.davidmixner.com
* Dennis Erdman, TV Producer/ Director
* Mary Snider, Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors Executive Committee Member
* David Tseng, Kerry-Edwards 2004 National LGBT Advisory Committee Co-Chair; Former Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National Executive Director
* David Mariner, Former Out for Howard Dean Co-Chair; Founder, www.outfordemocracy.org
* James Duff, TV Producer
* Ramon Gardenhire, National Stonewall Democrats Black Caucus Co-Chair; Former DNC LGBT Deputy Outreach Director
* Scott Benson, Majority Leader Minneapolis City Council
* Shane Larson, AFL-CIO Pride @ Work National Executive Board Member; Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Government Affairs Director
* Scott Wiener, Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors Member; San Francisco Democratic Party Chair* (for identification purposes only)
* Jeff Gardner, Garden State Equality Vice Chair; New Jersey for Democracy Co-Chair
* Lynne Wiggins, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) National Leadership Council Member; Former Human Rights Campaign Board of Governors Member
* Ken Keechl, Broward County Commissioner; Former Dolphin Democrats President
* Linda Elliott, Human Rights Committee Board of Directors Member
* Dave Garrity, Former Democratic National Committee Member
* Mark Periello, Former Human Rights Campaign staff member; Democratic strategist
* Ron Ginsburg, LGBT Community Activist; business owner
* Randall Kelly, LGBT Community Activist; attorney
* Stephanie Kornegay, LGBT Community Activist; business owner
* Robert D. Horvath, Mautner Project Board of Directors Member
* Patrick J. Lyden, LGBT Community Activist; Homeland Security Advisor
There is some good commentary on this over at Pam’s House Blend.
The folks at Pam’s place are asking Edwards supporters to tell everyone why they have come out so early endorsing him. Right now I’m sitting in a hotel in Asheville, NC, t-minus 10 minutes before the Equality Ride Eastbound bus packs up to hit the highway toward Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA. If I had more time, I’d elaborate on my position. Maybe tonight.
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April 11th, 2007 at 11:55 am
There’s a surprise.
April 11th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
What’s a surprise?
April 11th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
That they’d endorse him.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Ryan… I don’t know how well you keep up with LGBT politics, but there is certainly a battle with Democratic candidates over which one is going to turn out to be the most supportive of our community. Just take one look at the cover of the current issue of THE ADVOCATE and you’ll see what I mean. In that cover article in THE ADVOCATE, there was supposed to be a sidebar on John Edwards and his positions and supporters (I was going to be included in that sidebar), but it got cut out during the final edit. I’m not surprised that since Clinton and Obama got so much coverage in this major LGBT-oriented news magazine that the Edwards campaign had to come up with something to say, “Hey… I’m supportive, too!”
Is it at all surprising that I’m supporting him for the primary? I think Edwards would be best. In all honesty, I think it should be an Edwards/Obama ticket (whichever gets Pres and VP I don’t care). Honestly, I believe it is just BAD for America if one family controls the White House for what could be almost three decades (that is, if Clinton is elected in 08 and gets re-elected in 2012).
April 14th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Sorry guys, I’ll take Giuliani (I guess I’m going Republican this time, though I’m an Independent). I loved him ever since he lived with that gay couple throughout the whole 9-11 crisis and trumpeted it as one of the best relationships he’d ever seen. (LOL- no, that’s not the ONLY reason I love him).