Let's see. You have Natalie Johnson Lee's own words and you have Bob Battle's claims.
I don't know what Bob Battle's deal is and I really don't care, but it seems pretty straightforward to me that Natalie Johnson Lee would believe in what she actually said... Mark Snyder Windom Park On 12/19/04 9:31 AM, "Eva Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Former DFL Activist, now Republican, Bob Battle wrote a column defending > Michele Bachmann in the Pioneer Press last month: > > Bachmann and her defense of marriage are in mainstream > <http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/10207397.htm>http://w > ww.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/10207397.htm > > Battle claims: > > "Leaders such as Minneapolis 5th Ward Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee, > community activist Spike Moss and the Rev. John Thomas have added their > voices of support for biblical marriage." > > I'm curious whether Natalie Johnson Lee really made this statement. Does > she support the Bachmann amendment to support "biblical marriage". When I > googled Natalie Johnson Lee gay marriage, I retrieved items relating to her > Green Party response to Bush's state of the union. > > Martin Luther King, who Battle quotes, had a Leutenant - Bayard Rustkin who > was openly gay. Rustkin was the brains behind the 1963 March on Washington. > Coretta Scott King, King's widow has come out in opposition to these > efforts to write anti-gay discrimination into state and federal constitutions. > > From Natalie Johnson Lee's response to Bush's State of the Union: > > "We support the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered > people in housing, jobs, civil marriage and benefits, child custody and in > all areas of life, the right to be treated equally with all other people." > > Does Bob Battle correctly speak on Natalie Johnson Lee's behalf in this > oped? Or is he bearing false witness? > > Does Battle mean that Natalie Johnson Lee has signed on in support of the > Bachmann amendment? REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
