You Should, Too.
A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court declared that money is speech.
Well, finally, LGBTQ groups have decided to stop “speaking,” as it were, to our elected representatives who don’t support us.
This kind of action has been brewing for almost a year. Pam Spaulding, early last year, created a program, saying the “GayTM is closed,” in advance of a DNC LGBT fundraiser that was hosted by Vice President Biden.
Then, a campaign started in November by John Aravosis of AmericaBlog, the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Give” pledge “not to donate to the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for America, or the Obama campaign until Congress passes, and the president signs, legislation enacting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)” has been gaining steam.
Via The Advocate:
“Garden State Equality, which suffered a heartbreaking marriage equality defeat in the New Jersey state legislature last month, announced that it would stop making financial contributions to political parties, and urged its individual members to do the same.”
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