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Title: Convention Wrap Up Filed by: Jerame Davis
Post by: Shana A on September 01, 2008, 08:08:00 PM
Post by: Shana A on September 01, 2008, 08:08:00 PM
Convention Wrap Up
Filed by: Jerame Davis
September 1, 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/convention_wrap_up.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/convention_wrap_up.php)
Now that I'm home (bummer!) and recuperated a bit (yay!) I have some thoughts swirling around that need to get out. In no particular order, here are some of the things I wanted to say over the last week, but didn't have time.
What an amazing feeling to be among friends at a national convention. I don't say that lightly either. One of my biggest complaints about being gay and political in Indiana has been how often we are treated as "backdoor friends" - as in, we'll let you in, but only by the backdoor and only if you sit in the shadows. Hell, many pols here won't even take money from us unless it gets funneled through another organization so it doesn't have the "gay taint".
That was absolutely not the case at the Democratic National Convention this year. Every major speech included a nod to the gays. Hillary, Bill, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, and even Barack Obama himself made pro-gay remarks in front of the entire convention (Obama said his in front of 80,000 screaming fans!) In fact, the pro-gay comments often elicited the most raucous applause from the crowd!
Filed by: Jerame Davis
September 1, 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/convention_wrap_up.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/convention_wrap_up.php)
Now that I'm home (bummer!) and recuperated a bit (yay!) I have some thoughts swirling around that need to get out. In no particular order, here are some of the things I wanted to say over the last week, but didn't have time.
What an amazing feeling to be among friends at a national convention. I don't say that lightly either. One of my biggest complaints about being gay and political in Indiana has been how often we are treated as "backdoor friends" - as in, we'll let you in, but only by the backdoor and only if you sit in the shadows. Hell, many pols here won't even take money from us unless it gets funneled through another organization so it doesn't have the "gay taint".
That was absolutely not the case at the Democratic National Convention this year. Every major speech included a nod to the gays. Hillary, Bill, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, and even Barack Obama himself made pro-gay remarks in front of the entire convention (Obama said his in front of 80,000 screaming fans!) In fact, the pro-gay comments often elicited the most raucous applause from the crowd!