In a message dated Sun, 9 Jun 2002 1:04:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Eric Mitchell
writes:
> Putting out a press release is fine (if it's factual). That
>same press release leaving the DFL office would hardly raise
>an eyebrow - people know we support the Pride celebration. It
>seems to me that the party that has had a hard time dealing
>with Human Rights, can make news when they send a few to this
>event ;-)
If you mean we have a problem with defining people as
members of an ethnic/interest group first and secondly as
fellow Republicans, then I suppose we do have a problem.
I would rather have my neighbors join the Republican party
because we believe the same things than have them join because
"that's where Black/Latino/GLBT people belong", which seems to
be the attitude of a whole mess of DFLers locally and Democrats
nationally - that minorities "naturally" belong in their
party, and a conservative black or gay person "isn't really
black" or "isn't really gay".
Kevin Trainor
RPM Candidate HD 61A
East Phillips
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