Stop the gay bashing Stonewall Democrats tell GOP

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/05/052104gopGay.htm

National Stonewall Democrats Friday called on Republicans to stop a barrage of anti-gay attacks that they have unleashed this week.

Late last night, the Republican National Committee released a research paper titled "Totally San Fran" which blasted Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi for being "extreme and out of touch on homosexual issues."

Also last night, U.S. Representative Tom Reynolds (R-NY), chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, lobbed a thinly-veiled anti-gay taunt at Pelosi, saying that the Democratic Leader " should just go back to her pastel-colored condo in San Francisco and keep her views to herself." In response, Pelosi's office noted that her family lives in a red-brick house.
"These taunts aren't worthy of a schoolyard bully, let alone a national party," said Dave Noble, NSD Executive Director. "The majority of Americans support equal employment protections, hate crime laws and open military service. It is the Republican Party that is out of touch with mainstream America, and they are demonstrating that point with this extreme rhetoric. "

The RNC research paper titled " Totally San Fran: 17 Years of San Francisco Liberalism " attacks Pelosi for her support of gay families.

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and they want everyone else to be miserable, too!

the Log Cabin Reps from manning a table at the convention. I missed the state. Does anyone know?

staffing not manning.

It was at the state party convention.

You may look for yourself:

Pelosi Is Extreme And Out Of Touch On Homosexual Issues

Pelosi Was One Of Only 65 House Democrats And 67 Total House Members To Vote Against Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA). (H.R. 3396, CQ Vote #316: Passed 342-67: R 224-1; D 118-65; I 0-1, 7/12/96, Pelosi Voted Nay)

Pelosi Called DOMA “Blatant Act Of Discrimination.” Pelosi called Defense Of Marriage Act “a blatant act of discrimination. She said the definition of family is an individual and personal decision. Pelosi asked her colleagues, ‘Should you find yourself in a situation where your child or close relatives or close friends find solace, happiness, confidence, love and support in a relationship that’s appropriate for them, wouldn’t you want them to have the legal recognition they deserve? It isn’t a threat to anyone.’” (Elizabeth Schwinn, “Same-Sex Marriage Bill Up For House Vote,” The San Francisco Examiner, 7/12/96)

Pelosi Voted To Lift Ban On Homosexuals In Military. (H.R. 2401, CQ Vote #460: Rejected 169-264: R 11-163; D 157-10; I 1-0, 9/28/93, Pelosi Voted Yea)

Pelosi Was One Of Eleven Who Signed Letter To Clinton Asking Him To Resign Position As Honorary Head Of Boy Scouts Because Of Boy Scouts’ Policy On Homosexuals. “Eleven members of Congress have signed a letter asking President Clinton to resign as the honorary head of the Boy Scouts of America now that the Supreme Court has upheld the organization’s legal right to ban homosexuals. … In a letter sent to Clinton Thursday, Petaluma Democrat Lynn Woolsey called the Boy Scouts’ policy on gays ‘unacceptable.’ ‘In order to disavow this policy of intolerance, as well as to clarify any misperception of implicit presidential approval, we urge you, the leader of our nation, to resign as the honorary head of the BSA (Boy Scouts of America),’ the letter said. It was signed by Woolsey and 10 other Democrats who have worked closely with Clinton in the past, including Reps. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, Barbara Lee of Oakland and George Miller of Martinez.” (Marc Sandalow, “Clinton Asked To Step Down As Honorary Head Of Scouts,” The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/15/00)

Pelosi Called Sexually Explicit Workshops For Gay And Bisexual Men With Names Like “Booty Call” “Heroic Work.” “Conducting sexually explicit workshops with names like ‘Booty Call’ is ‘difficult, and often heroic, work’ deserving of support from American taxpayers, according to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. The Stop AIDS Project, a San Francisco organization that received nearly $700,000 in federal funding last year, promoted workshops condemned as ‘obscene’ last month in a report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a letter to HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, Mrs. Pelosi asks that ‘potential punitive measures against Stop AIDS Project be set aside,’ according to the Bay Area Reporter. ‘The federal government has a responsibility to support the difficult, and often heroic, work of these organizations. … For nearly 20 years, Stop AIDS Project has been an example for HIV educators nationwide,’ Mrs. Pelosi wrote. The inspector general’s report – which found Stop AIDS Project had violated federal guidelines for AIDS-prevention materials – ‘could undermine the work of an effective organization, and inadvertently contribute to the burden of disease and death among gay and bisexual men,’ she wrote.” (Robert Stacy McCain, The Washington Times, 12/21/01)

http://www.gop.com/RNCResearch/Read.aspx?ID=4217

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I don't necessarily think so. I'm a member of a Stonewall chapter, and while I would say that sometimes I think there is not enough focus on being PROGRESSIVE, they certainly aren't "conservative." That said, I don't agree with all their endorsements. I support Cynthia McKinney in Georgia and not the lesbian candidate Stonewall supports for instance.

and regional.

that's news to me

Having said that, let's have equal rights all across the board.

and they should be treated as the pariahs they are.

are a plus.

I cannot tell you how furious this makes me - this barbaric hatemongering is just subhuman! :argh:

Stop the gay-bashing!!!

:bounce:

Very cool.

as they say in the politics-election-biz. It works both ways.

...you've always got to have someone or something to focus that hate on to rally the troops and keep those donations coming. Since the "fall of communism" (I still can't type that with a straight face), the repugs have got to have something to focus all that anger and frustration. This time around it's the gays.