Mark, would you provide support or evidence of her making such comments? She voted in favor of the city lobbying the state for equal marriage rights, in favor of repealing the restroom ordinance which was leading to harrassment of transgender people and has supported every other iniative at the city level over the last four years apart from the equal benefits ordinance for which she has explained her reasoning and was and has been held accountable by the party. She has explained her reasoning concerning that vote and even if I disagree with her choice on that one issue, I trust that she supports equality under the law based on her actions and the Lavender Greens have made in effort to be in contact with Natalie about our concerns about issues before the council prior to votes taking place which we failed to do initially.
I would ask, is the DFL holding Barb Johnson to a standard of glbtiq support? She has voted against nearly every iniative including the equal benefits ordinance and the repeal of the restroom ordinance(don't recall her votes on the other issues before the council such as establishing reciprocity and open registration and nondiscrimination in fees vis a vis spouses for domestic partner registrants). For that matter, I find it shocking that the Stonewall DFL chose to endorse Peter MacLaughlin over R.T. Rybak when R.T. has supported more numerous specific changes to city policy to address needs of the glbt community than had passed in the ten years previous. It makes no sense to me that Stonewall would not support the mayor who signed changes to the housing code to allow domestic partners to rent out as many rooms in their home as a married couple, nondiscrimination in fees for domestic partners vis a vis spouses for club memberships, rental background checks, etc., the repeal of the restroom ordinance, the reciprocity and open dp registriy provisions, and supports lobbying the state government to allow the city to provide domestic partnership benefits and legalizing same sex marriage. Just what specific policy pieces can you point to that Peter has supported that specifically address glbtiq concerns? Talk is nice. Action is better. David Strand Loring Park David Strand Loring Park --- Mark Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Lacy Campos explained the Green Party > principles to us: > > The Green Party and those that believe in its agenda > believe in gender > equality (backed by legislation to eliminate gender > disparities), the > annihilation of racism, environmental sanity, > freedom for queer individuals > to fully engage and enjoy all the rights and > responsibilities enjoyed by > straight Americans, a reformed electoral system that > allows for Instant > Runoff Voting, community based restorative justice, > fully funded public > education, and a whole host of other issues that > represent the broad > diversity of the Green Party. The Green Party holds > as a core value the idea > of local, grassroots leadership to which public > officials hold themselves > accountable. > > In the upcoming November election, I hope the Green > Party activists hold CP Natalie Johnson Lee to the > party principles about 'freedom for queer > individuals to fully engage and enjoy all rights and > responsibilities enjoyed by straight Americans'. > She has made statements and aligned herself with > people that do not reflect a queer-friendly view of > the world. > > Mark Hanson > Prospect Park > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
