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Rights and Liberties

Congresswoman Fights for Gay and Trans Rights

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. Posted March 31, 2008.


Gay Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is tirelessly working to secure equal protections for gay and trans people.



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Deb Price of The Detroit News writes the first nationally syndicated column on gay issues. To find out more about Deb Price and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.

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Posted by: rickiey on Apr 1, 2008 7:59 AM   
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Touching article, and quite frankly, I had never heard of her before.

I'm glad I have now.

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OBAMA 2008!
Posted by: Longdream on Apr 3, 2008 3:23 PM   
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"It is my strong belief that the government has to treat all citizens equally. I come from that in part out of personal experience. When you're a black guy named Barack Obama, you know what it's like to be on the outside. And so my concern is continually to make sure that the rights that are conferred by the state are equal for all people.

That's why I opposed DOMA in 2006 when I ran for the Senate. That's why I am a strong supporter not of a weak version of civil unions, but of a strong version, in which the rights that are conferred at the federal level to persons who are part of the same sex union are compatible.

When it comes to federal rights, the over 1,100 rights that right now are not being given to same sex couples, I think that's unacceptable, and as president of the United States, I am going to fight hard to make sure that those rights are available."

Barack Obama
Source: 2007 HRC/LOGO debate on gay issues Aug 9, 2007

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