…International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference, where she served as a panelist. Patricia Todd, newly elected representative for Alabama’s District 54, also attended. Howard Dean was one of the keynote speakers.
I don’t expect the Democratic Party to focus on LGBT rights to the exclusion of all else, but I do expect party leadership to support equal rights for all people — and to do so publicly. Democrats aren’t likely to win over religious conservatives, who seem to think that faith is all about fighting abortion, gay rights, and taxes, and pandering to their prejudices is not just wrong; it’s politically stupid. Doing the right thing is also doing the smart thing.