First of all I think it is necessary to talk about the particular history of Stonewall DFL and Lavender.
It is important to understand that Lavender (ie Steven Rocheford) is lashing out at both Scott Dibble and Stonewall DFL because both Scott and Stonewall supported the effort of Lavender employees to unionize. Steven Rocheford and Lavender had charges brought against them at the National Labor Rights Board because of Steven's union busting practices (100% of the Lavender staff voted to unionize and Steven did whatever he good to break the union). Further, it is important to note that last summer all of the Tim Petlock was the acting Stonewall DFL Chair for a brief period. No member of the Stonewall DFL Board engaged in any sort of campaign to silence anyone with regards to the Catherine Shreeves campaign (of whom I know). Stonewall DFL has a response to the editorial in Lavender. But please do not take my word for any of this as I am speaking in my capacity as a community member and not for the Stonewall DFL. It is also naive to suggest that GLBT issues are a non-issue in the DFL. I, as a member of the Stonewall DFL, do not believe that GLBT issues are a non-issue in the DFL, nor do I believe that other Stonewall members believe that GLBT issues are non-issues in the party. Quite to the contrary, we have some pretty homophobic out-state members of the DFL. -Brandon Lacy Campos -Powderhorn Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
