Perhaps they simply do not feel it necessary to
explain their reasoning to a Republican, since their
endorsement is as a gay DFL group.
Your problems with Brian Herron are not universally
shared. There are GLBT community members who are and
have supported him, including Wizard. Considering that
your councilmember asked to screen before Stonewall
and mine did not (ward 3) I cannot get as worked up as
you apparently do about some supposed unsupportive
attitude you perceive. I am unsure what he has done to
incur your ire, but maybe it's time you explained why
you do not think he should've been supported.
Frankly, Eva, I hear you harp about Herron and Neva
Walker, though she hadn't even completed her first
session by the time you started haranguing her, even
though everyone I know in So. Mpls tells me they are
quite progressive. And I'm starting to ask myself,
what do they have in common?
Loki Anderson
Marshall Terrace
Ward 3
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--- Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 06:50 PM 7/9/01 -0500, wizardmarks wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> I have been hearing a lot from Stonewall DFL
> folks about how "qualified"
> their
> >> endorsed Minneapolis candidates are, but I've
> never really been able to
> find out
> >> how Stonewall DFL defines "qualified".
> >Last time I checked, no political party is required
> to
> >outline its thinking to the world in general.
> --------------------------------------------------
> This is the type of thing that's said when there
> isn't much defense for the
> thinking.
>
> > Is the candidate required to state
> >> the ways they have been a friend of the GLBT
> community?
> >Stonewall DFLers know how candidates have been a
> friend to
> >the community by the time they screen for
> endorsement. Too,
> >being gay is no guaraantee that a candidate will be
> a friend
> >to GLBT people. For example, closeted GLBT people
> will often
> >opt to protect their closets at the expense of the
> GLBT
> >community. Roy Cohn was noted for that as was J.
> Edgar
> >Hoover.
> Are you comparing Robert Lilligren and Walt Gutzmer
> (both who were deemed
> "unqualified") with Roy Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover?
> That's a bizarre
> comparison. Lilligren isn't closeted. What's
> interesting is that requests
> for specifics about how Council Member Herron has
> been a great friend to
> the Gay community has fallen on deaf ears.
>
> > Are there
> >> different considerations for different
> candidates, or one set of criteria?
> >The first and foremost, no matter the political
> party, is
> >whether or not candidates can win an election.
> Political
> >parties do not endorse those they do not think can
> win.
> Oh gee, political parties in Minnesota endorse major
> league losers all the
> time. What about the Jerry Janezik senate
> endorsement? The Alan Quist
> Endorsement? The John Marty endorsement? Just to
> name a few.
>
> However Stonewall DFL, Log Cabin Republicans, the
> Sierra Club, the AFL-CIO,
> the NAACP, etc. are NOT political parties. They are
> special interest
> groups within political parties, or multi-partisan
> special interest groups.
> An organization such as Stonewall should be able to
> state relatively
> clearly and concisely WHY Brian Herron is a better
> candidate for the GLBT
> citizens in the 8th ward, than his opponents Robert
> Lilligren or Sandra
> Miller.
>
> I think that's interesting and ironic that two of
> the "unacceptable" to
> Stonewall Candidates were out there supporting the
> women workers at
> Lavender Magazine.
>
> Eva
> Eva Young
> Central
>
>
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