Brandon Lacy Campos writes: >Tim Petlock was the acting Stonewall DFL Chair for a brief period. Is he still the Chair? The Stonewall DFL website lists Tim Petlock as Vice-Chair and Acting Chair -- and lists Megan Thomas as a director. I recall Petlock posted to this list last year criticizing list member, and Stonewall member Lee Schneider for posting his opinions and sharing information about Stonewall's process with regard to the Lilligren/Brock race.
>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). ============================= Well personally, I wish these women would go on record on this. It's fairly straightforward to guess who they might be considering Rainbow Families was mentioned. Still, since I remember well the fallout I got from Stonewall folks when I supported Arne Carlson for Governor, this story is credible to me. Heck, the best way to stop unpleasant email is to expose it to the light of day. I have done that in the past -- and it works amazingly well. 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. Noted. I suppose Patrick Peterson's post is the official Stonewall response. Looking forward to the Minnesota News Council complaint. >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. Well heck, there were two metro area DFL legislators who voted to retain the sodomy law the last time the topic came up -- former Sen. and current St Paul Mayor, Randy Kelly and Sen. Dave Johnson of Bloomington. Senator Wellstone's vote in favor of DOMA seems anti-gay to me. LCR/MN did a press release condemning the Republicans on that Committee for their efforts to make sure the sodomy law was still in place -- and I wrote to Stonewall Board members at the time, challenging Stonewall to do the same with the DFLers. Stonewall declined. I'd like to thank Mike, the Lavender employee for posting on this subject. I would like to see better political coverage in Lavender. Other metro area Gay newspapers have much better quality political reporting than does Lavender currently. I hope that will change. It does require a concerted effort to develop good political reporters. Eva Eva Young Central Neighborhood Minneapolis "You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be." --Article II of the Bill of Non-Rights. _______________________________________ 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
