Thursday, April 03, 2008

'Stony' George Shultz Hears 'Internationale' At SF Lincoln Brigade Ceremony
Gather round, comrades! I wish to share with you a story from the People's Republic of San Francisco, that is one of those "only in San Francisco" weird political tales people who don't live here seem to love. Okay, even residents of San Francisco appreciate such stories!

From Tuesday's SF Chronicle:
You couldn't be at Sunday's ceremonies on the Embarcadero for the dedication of the national monument honoring volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade without being moved. For some, it was a twinge of emotion as they recognized the fragility of the lineup of elderly veterans. [...]

A brass band played anthems of the Spanish Civil War as the crowd gathered. Mainly, they were old lefties, people whose idealism is untarnished, who'd marched against fascism, for unions, for tolerance, against the war in Vietnam, and recently, just as ferociously against the war in Iraq.

Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, Spanish ambassador to the United States, was there to express the gratitude of his country, and perhaps because of his presence, Protocol Chief Charlotte Shultz was there, too, with her husband, former Secretary of State George Shultz. As they settled down on a makeshift podium along the front of the monument, I watched Shultz and the crowd, and I thought, "They're going to eat him alive." When the band played the Socialist-Communist anthem "The Internationale," some of the vets and audiences raised their fists in salute. I couldn't see Shultz's expression, but several readers e-mailed later that it was stony.

When, after noting the presence of the ambassador, Mayor Gavin Newsom acknowledged the former secretary of state, there was a loud chorus of boos from one side of the crowd. [...]
I wish I'd known about the event beforehand because I would have been there to honor the Brigade volunteers and their heroism, not to mention also witnessing the surreal spectacle of Shultz being present as "The Internationale" was performed at a public ceremony.

No photos or videos of the event have surfaced on the web, but I did find this photo of Shultz on Flickr.com taken a few days before the Brigade event. If you ask me, Shultz looks rather "stony" in the picture, a look he always had:


Here is a short YouTube video on the February 28 groundbreaking for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade memorial:



Finally, this clip is from Warren Beatty's Academy Award-winning film "Reds," featuring "The Internationale" as the Russian people rise up and overthrow the tsar:

Tuesday, April 01, 2008


Iranian Gays Omitted from
Human Rights Watch's Annual Reports


If the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, became interested in what the Human Rights Watch had to say in their Iran section of their latest annual World Report about homosexuals in his country, and the abuse of human rights for gays there, shockingly, he'd find nothing in that section.

HRW, for unknown reasons, omits gays not just from their 2007 country roundup, but actually from the 2006, 2005, and 2004 versions.

Two of my colleagues who care deeply about gay Iranians and the human rights violations they suffer, including executions, also went over the four more recent HRW World Reports, and in the chapters for Iran, the words gay, homosexual, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, orientation, didn't appear once before our eyes.

Why is HRW excluding gay Iranians from their yearly survey of human rights practices for the Islamic Republic of Iran? I wish they would answer such a basic question.

I recently phoned and emailed HRW executives and LGBT researchers about a report they may have produced in September 2006, after months of exhaustive research and interviews with gay Iranians in country and in exile.

Scott Long, HRW's gay issues director, wrote in Gay City News in July 2006:
For eight months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has researched a report on abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Iran, interviewing dozens in Iran and the diaspora, trying to separate fact from rhetoric and rumor. As a prominent Iranian dissident said last week, “We need cases!” — documentation, not speculation.

So far as anyone can tell, HRW never issued the promised gay Iranian report. If I can't get HRW executives to either produce the URL address for the report, or explain why they never issued it, I assuredly will not hear from HRW about the omission of gays from annual reports.

Interesting that during these four years, the US State Department's human rights annual surveys for Iran have reported on the violations faced by Iranian gays.
Let's look at the HRW versus State Department yearly summaries for Iran, related to homosexuals:

2007

HRW World Report
"_______________________."
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Violence and legal and societal discrimination against women, ethnic and religious minorities, and homosexuals; trafficking in persons; and incitement to anti-Semitism remained problems. [...]

On August 6, the general prosecutor ordered to close the last major reformist daily Shargh. The ban placed on Shargh in September 2006 was lifted on May 14, but the paper was operational for less than three months before being closed again. The government reportedly closed the newspaper in response to a published interview with a writer accused of being a homosexual activist. [...]

In 2004 the judiciary formed the Special Protection Division, a volunteer unit that monitored and reported moral crimes. The law prohibited and punished homosexuality; sodomy between consenting adults was a capital crime. The punishment of a non-Muslim homosexual was harsher if the homosexual's partner was Muslim. At a speech at Columbia University in September, the president publicly denied the existence of homosexuals in the country.

2006

HRW World Report
"_______________________."
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The law prohibits and punishes homosexuality; sodomy between consenting adults is a capital crime. The punishment of a non-Muslim homosexual is harsher if the homosexual's partner is Muslim. In July 2005 two teenage boys, one 16 and one 18 years of age, were publicly executed; they were charged with raping a 13-year-old boy. A number of groups outside the country alleged the two were executed for homosexuality; however, because of the lack of transparency in the court system, there was no concrete information.

In November 2005 domestic conservative press reported that two men in their twenties were hanged in public for lavat (defined as sexual acts between men). The article also said they had a criminal past, including kidnapping and rape. It was not possible to judge whether these men were executed for homosexuality or other crimes.

2005

HRW World Report
"_______________________."
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
In July two teenage boys, one 16 and one 18 years of age, were publicly executed; they were charged with raping a 13-year-old boy. A number of groups outside the country alleged the two were executed for homosexuality; however, because of the lack of transparency in the court system, there was no concrete information (see section 1.c.). In November domestic conservative press reported that two men in their twenties were hanged in public for lavat (defined as sexual acts between men). The article also said they had a criminal past, including kidnapping and rape. It was not possible to judge whether these men were executed for homosexuality or other crimes.

According to the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights, the justice system did not actively investigate charges of homosexuality. There were known meeting places for homosexuals, and there had been no recent reports of homosexuals executed. However, the group acknowledged it was possible that a case against a homosexual could be pursued. Conversely, the London-based homosexual rights group OutRage! claimed over four thousand homosexuals had been executed in the country since the Islamic revolution in 1979. A September 29 Western newspaper gave one man's account of a systematic effort by security agents and basiji to use Internet sites to entrap homosexuals.

2004

HRW World Report
"_______________________."
US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The law prohibits and punishes homosexuality. The punishment of a non-Muslim homosexual is harsher if the homosexual's partner is Muslim.
New Gay Bar Opens in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

(Architect Ward Whitwam gives a tour of the David bar.
Photo credit: Emily Spartz, Argus Leader.)

This is no April Fools' Day joke. A second gay bar opened two weeks ago in South Dakota's largest city. For decades the only gay watering hole in Sioux Falls was Touchez, but now, the owner of that bar, Doug Kooiker, has started a second one.

I chatted with Doug on the phone this morning and he reports that business has been good. Doug is also a supporter of the Sioux Falls gay community center.

The new bar is called David, and before it opened for business, the state's largest daily, the Argus Leader, gave it some advance publicity last month:

The bar and dance club has been in the works for some time and was supposed to open before the end of 2007.

But architect Ward Whitwam said various renovation issues, including delayed shipments, set back the opening date. David will be an upscale version of Kooiker's current bar Touchéz and will have the same gay-friendly atmosphere.

A brochure says of David, "We embrace a European attitude celebrating diversity while finding common ground. We extend our welcome to all and encourage a sense of pride and community." [...]

The space is industrial with a Roman flair. Think steel staircases and a replica of David, exposed brick walls and photos of ancient architecture.

Folks even will get a blast from the past with the old Rainbow Bar sign hanging on the second floor.

Monday, March 31, 2008


SF Chronicle Piles on Embattled
Lesbian Pol Carole Migden


Career politician Carole Migden is someone I've never supported nor voted for. She's just too slimy, for a politician regardless of gender and sexual orientation, on many ethical choices in my opinion. But for decades San Francisco voters have elected her over and over, many times in races where she's faced zero competition.

And for most of her elections and tenure in various offices, the SF Chronicle has rarely held her to account, nor has the paper always reported on her ethical lapses, which are legend in Northern California. Today's Chronicle, with three separate things on her latest troubles, seems like compensation for the years of treating her with soft cushy gloves over the course of her political tenure.

Starting in the national news section, the Chronicle notes she didn't get the state Democratic Party's endorsement over the weekend:
State Sen. Carole Migden's growing campaign finance problems caught up with her Sunday when delegates to the California Democratic Party's convention overwhelmingly refused to endorse her for re-election.

Migden, who's locked in a tough three-way race with San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno and former San Rafael Assemblyman Joe Nation for the San Francisco/Marin County/Sonoma County Senate seat, managed to grab the local endorsement Saturday after a raucous campaign that saw chanting crowds of competing supporters marching through the San Jose convention center.

While the convention delegates typically quickly ratify the local endorsements, Leno, who has been running against Migden for more than a year, managed to collect more than enough signatures Saturday night to force the entire convention to vote on the endorsement.

That was bad news for Migden. While the former San Francisco supervisor has plenty of friends in her district from her years as local party chair and her time in the state Assembly and on the state Board of Equalization, her history of driving problems and financial troubles didn't play well with delegates from elsewhere in the state. [...]
Then in the Chronicle political gossip column in the local section, readers are again told about her troubles at the state Democratic convention:
Not only was the rejection an embarrassment, but the vote also cut off one of the last big sources of money the embattled Migden was counting on in her two-front fight against fellow Democratic rivals Leno and former Assemblyman Joe Nation.

Migden - who is running third in the polls - was already under the gun after the state's Fair Political Practices Commission nixed her using $1 million in the June primary that she had raised in earlier races.

Migden and her allies in the state Senate had hoped to make up the campaign cash loss by indirectly pumping about $1.5 million into the race through the Democratic Party. But they needed the party endorsement for the play to work, and Leno pulled out all the stops to block it. [...]

Either way - Leno comes out ahead.
And finally, in the only editorial in the Chronicle today, Migden is slammed for many misjudgments, including a federal lawsuit that could undo state law holding political to fair practices regarding their campaign funds:
Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, is facing two formidable challengers in the June primary, Assemblyman Mark Leno of San Francisco and former Assemblyman Joe Nation of Marin County.

But long after the Democratic nomination for Senate District 3 is settled, the most significant legacy of this hotly contested primary may be what it does to some of the most well-established principles of California's campaign finance laws.

If Migden prevails, she could have an extra $647,000 to pour into the homestretch of her race against Leno and Nation. But to do so, Migden and her attorneys will have to blow up a 27-year-old state law that regulates what departing legislators can do with "surplus" campaign funds. [...]

Tuesday's hearing will be on Migden's lawsuit against the FPPC, in which her attorney argues that the requirement that she needed to transfer the funds to a new account before leaving the Assembly was "arbitrary." She also contends that restrictions on the use of her surplus funds violate her First Amendment rights to communicate with voters.

Each argument is nonsense. [...]

Migden's characterization of the restrictions on surplus funds as a First Amendment issue is simply absurd. Americans do not have a constitutional right to spend money that is not, by definition, their own.

This case is worth watching, beyond its ramifications on Migden's re-election. We trust the U.S. District Court will see through her arguments of desperation to uphold these basic tenets of modern campaign finance law.
Whether she's behind the wheel operating a motor vehicle erratically and jeopardizing other people on the road, or misusing hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars, Migden is the epitome of a corrupt, out-of-control politician who should retire from public office. That is very likely to happen after June's primary.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

600 Polish Intellectuals Apologize
to US Gays For Prez's Homophobia
(Brendan Fay at Warsaw's airport, surrounded by Polish media.)
Lots of news to share today from Poland about US gay couple Brendan Fay and Tom Moulton's visit to Warsaw, but before we get to the news, I have to pose some questions.

When was the last time hundreds of American intellectuals signed a letter opposing the homophobic policies of George W. Bush? What about even dozens of intellectuals collectively standing together for gay equality? I can't recall such things happening here. Is my mind forgetting a recent occasion when American thinkers did something comparable to what Polish intellectuals did this weekend?

Now let's get to the gay news from Poland this morning. From the German Press Agency news wire:
Warsaw - Polish intellectuals publicly apologized Friday to a gay US couple for being offended by the anti-gay propaganda of Polish President Lech Kaczynski. Kaczynski on March 17 used images of the wedding of Brendan Fay and Thomas A. Moulton, a gay couple from New York, in a TV speech warning against gay rights as enshrined in the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights.

According to the paper Dziennik, 600 signatories - among them writer Olga Tokarczuk and sociologist Ireneusz Krzeminski - signed a letter saying they were embarrassed by Kaczynski's speech, assuring the US-couple of their support and solidarity.

Poland's president warned that the adoption the charter by Poland could undermine Catholic morals and strengthen the rights of displaced ethnic Germans. [...]
This story is from the Polish Radio network:
A gay couple from New York, Brendan Fay and Thomas Moulton, whose images were used in a recent TV address by Polish President Lech Kaczynski, have arrived in Warsaw. Brendan Fay is to meet tomorrow with Ryszard Kalisz, a leader of the leftist coalition in the Parliament. He will also address a press conference at the Centre against Homophobia. [...]

In a Sunday TV debate, a leader of the ruling Civic Platform said the government is against the legalization of gay partnerships. A leader of the leftist coalition spoke in favour of such a move.
And finally, TVN 24 Polish News has posted a video of the media frenzy that greeted Brendan and Tom upon arrival at Warsaw's airport. Click here to view the video and read the story, in Polish, about the couple's visit.

Here's an excerpt from the print story, with a quote from Brendan, saying something pro-gay, I'm believe, and translated into Polish:
Brendan Fay i jego mąż przylecieli do Polski. Geje, których wizerunki wykorzystano w prezydenckim orędziu, postanowili wyrazić solidarność z polskimi homoseksualistami. Fay chce także spotkać się z Lechem Kaczyńskim.

- Jesteśmy tu by wyrazić solidarność z gejami i lesbijkami w Polsce oraz ustosunkować się do prezydenckiego wystąpienia - powiedział zaraz po wylądowaniu na warszawskim Okęciu Fay. Jak mówił, on i jego partner chcą zapoznać się z sytuacją homoseksualistów w Polsce i "usłyszeć ich historie". - Chcę także podzielić się z nimi naszą (historią) - tłumaczył. [...]

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Polish TV Flying US Gay Couple to Warsaw
I received word tonight from Tomasz Szypula, spokesman for the Campaign Against Homophobia, one of Poland's gay political organizations, that Brendan Fay and Tom Moulton, the US gay couple whose wedding is being used by Poland's president to spread hate and fear of same-sex loving people, are traveling to Warsaw this weekend.

To get more information on their trip, I called Brendan at home. He gave me the scoop. He have been invited by a Polish TV network to come and appear on a program, all expenses paid by the network. Brendan and Tom touch down in Warsaw on Saturday morning.

In addition to being guests on the TV show, they will be meeting with gay activists and with the staff of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights,
and also attending church.

I think just the fact that Polish TV is picking up the tab to bring a gay married couple from the US to Warsaw to address the president's outrageous demonizing of their wedding vows will be news, but if it isn't, I'm sure the press will be mightily interested in covering gays, both Polish and Irish-American, going to Catholic church. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I don't think there are many openly gay Catholics participating in worship services in Warsaw.

To reach Brendan and Tom during their trip, use this email address: brendan@stpatsforall.com . And I'm working on getting the cell phone numbers of Polish gays who speak English and will be networking with the couple, so bloggers and reporters can speak with them and write about all the actions that will be happening over the weekend.

The US couple return home on Wednesday, and will surely get much-needed rest after a whirlwind trip to Europe, standing in solidarity with Polish gays on the streets and in the churches and legislative chambers.

A word about Lukasz Palucki, the young gay activist in the photo below. He's been a enthusiastic organizer in the demonstrations for Iranian gays and other calls for global gay advocacy. He send thanks to all who've expressed solidarity with gays in his country. Lukasz is a committed and dynamic human rights supporter who needs our support. Click here and visit his blog.


[UPDATE: March 28]

An email arrived overnight from a Polish gay leader who speaks English, providing me with his phone number, which is the contact phone number for Brendan and Tom, during their Warsaw visit. I'm honored to play a small role in making this weekend a success for the Polish gay community.
Greetings!

My name is Greg Czarnecki from the Campaign Against Homophobia. I'm working together with Tomek Szypula on the "issue" related to Fay, the presidential address and Fay's visit to Poland.

I want to thank you for writing your piece on your blog about us. Please feel free to contact me as well on this issue as we imagine we'll have a very busy and action-packed days ahead of us!

Best,
Greg

Phone: +48 504 503 527
Blog: gregswarsaw.blogspot.com

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Gregory Czarnecki
Koordynator projektu/Project Coordinator
Monitoring Dyskryminacji Osób LGBT w Polsce/Monitoring LGBT Discrimination in PL
Kampania Przeciw Homofobii/Campaign Against Homophobia

Wednesday, March 26, 2008


Hillary Missing From
Clinton Oral History Project?
As bloggers, pundits and reporters wait to see if Hillary Clinton keeps her promise to finally release her tax returns in the coming week, and we anticipate learning what is the returns, I had a look today at the latest IRS 990 filing, for FY 2006, for the William Clinton Foundation, just to see what his foundation reported to the federal tax authorities.
First off, I was surprised to see a total of $135.8 million reported in the direct public support category, because it's a significant increase from the same figure in 2005, which was $80 million, and represents a 40% jump in donations. That's quite an expansion of revenue for a non-profit.
Secondly, I noticed the list of groups that received funding from the foundation included a $192,200 grant to the Oral History Project on the Clinton Presidency, housed at the University of Virginia.
Putting aside snarky thoughts about Monica Lewinsky's, um, contributions to the project, I visited the project's web site.
The Clinton Presidential History Project involves an extensive program of in-depth oral history interviews with key individuals in and outside the White House during the Clinton years. To date we have held interviews with more than seventy individuals, among them Samuel Berger, Warren Christopher, Lloyd Cutler, Thomas Foley, John Hilley, Harold Ickes, Christopher Jennings, Mickey Kantor, Anthony Lake, Jack Lew, Mack McLarty, Roy Neel, Leon Panetta, John Podesta, Janet Reno, Alice Rivlin, Lawrence Stein, and Lawrence Summers.

Very impressive list of the big power-wielders from the Clinton administration, but one name I expected to be on it is missing -- Hillary's. I don't know if she's been interviewed for the project and the foundation simply left her off the list, or if the project only involves White House staff and cabinet appointees. Just seems odd Hillary's name is not on the list, but I should be careful not to read too much into the omission.

Miller Center transcripts will be released after the interviews are completed several years hence . . . A complete listing of the transcripts will appear on this web site at the time of release.

Regardless of Hillary not being on the list of people interviewed thus far, it seems totally in keeping with Bill and Hillary Clinton's allergies to basic transparency standards, like the failure of not providing their recent tax returns for public inspection, that more than seven years after they left the White House, completed oral interviews with staff have not been transcribed and shared with the public.

And forget about the Clinton Foundation allowing itself to be pinned down with a firm date, heck, even a year, of when they intend to have the transcripts ready for release.

Sure would be great of the foundation, and the Clintons, to make transparency a key component to Hillary's bid for the Oval Office.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Solidarity With Polish Gays;
Photos Needed
At today's Easter service at my house of worship, St. Francis Lutheran Church, I asked for volunteers to be photographed holding sign reading "Solidarity With Polish Gays" during coffee hour after mass.
Now is the time to show all of Poland that Polish gays enjoy the solidarity of friends and supporters in the US, and one way to engage in solidarity is through sharing pictures on the web, I said to the congregation.
During coffer hour, friends approached and asked to have me snap photos of them holding the signs, and I happily obliged. Apologies for the few fuzzy images. My camera malfunctioned, but regardless of them being slightly out of focus, I've included them.
On Monday, March 24, one of the American gays in the video, longtime activist Brendan Fey, and Polish gay leader Danial Domagala will appear at a news conference at the New York offices of Human Rights Watch, an event which should generate media attention domestically and abroad.
And this week could turn into one in which gay people and human rights supporters express public solidarity with Poland's very brave gay community, with the participation of just a handful of people.
I'm asking everyone to create a sign, in any language, with the simple yet powerful message of "Solidarity With Polish Gays!" Then gather with friends, take a great photo of yourselves with the message, and send me one photo, which I'll add here.
Let's all show our gay family in Poland, and the country's divisive and homophobic politicians, widespread support for Polish gays and their struggling campaign for acceptance, equality and basic human love.
So send me a photo, please!








Friday, March 21, 2008

Sup. Mirkarimi: Persian New Year Party,
Tonight at SF City Hall
(Dancers performing at the 2007 Persian New Year party in the rotunda of SF's City Hall. Photo courtesy of Luke Thomas, of Fog City News.)
There's always an art reception and party on the third Friday of every month at Ross Mirkarimi's office in City Hall. Ross, who's of Russian and Iranian heritage, a leader in the Green Party and a straight man who stands in solidarity with gays and lesbians in Iran.

He easily and graciously rings together a beautiful tapestry of different citizens at the parties. I try to make it to as many of his reception as possible because of the mix of people, the arts, and lots of political banter.
But tonight's reception is a tad out of the ordinary and more special for people like me who want to learn more about Persian culture, in that it falls near a major holiday for Iranian people. I'm going to Ross's party tonight and it will be the first time I'm joining in a celebration of Persian New Year, and I hope it's the first of many for me.

So, if you're in the area of San Francisco's City Hall this evening, come by Ross's digs and have some fun!

Here's the lowdown:
Third Friday Art Party: Celebrate Persian New Year with Supervisor Mirkarimi

This event is free and open to the general public.


What: Nowruz Deed-o Bazdeed Celebration
When: Friday, March 21st, 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Where: Supervisor Mirkarimi's office
Room 282 at City Hall
Van Ness Ave. between McAllister and Grove Streets

Please come to the first annual Nowruz Deed-o Bazdeed with Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi at his office in San Francisco City Hall. Deed-o Bazdeed means to exchange visits with friends and family signifying the first12 days of the Persian New Year celebration. On Friday March 21st, we will serve Chai (tea) and Shirini (Persian Sweet) while visiting each other in the customary tradition of Nowruz.

The event also features the art work of three popular Iranian Artists representing Iranian themes and the Persian New Year: Nasser Ovissi: Born in Tehran, 1934, Ovissi is one of the most popular painters inside and outside Iran; Zaman Zamani is one of the most popular mixed media artists inside and outside Iran; and Mohammad Hourian: Born in Hamedan, Iran, the capital of ancient Persia, 1955.

Mr. Hourian was the youngest artist to be elected to the Iranian National Academy of Fine Arts, at age 20. The works of these artists will be on display for one month.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Gay HRC PR Boss Gives Maximum
to Candidate HRC

The Human Rights Campaign, an organization seen by many gay voters and pundits as the gay wing of the Democratic Party, is officially neutral in the 2008 presidential race and hasn't yet endorsed either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for the White House.
Given that former HRC executive director Elizabeth Birch campaigned for Clinton in New Hampshire this year, and powerhouse HRC board member Hilary Rosen, former head of the Recording Industry Association of America, has endorsed and donated to Clinton, and a high number of other leaders of the group have followed Birch and Rosen's example, it's easy to see why HRC, the group, is seen as being in candidate HRC's pocket.
Now, add another name to the list of HRC's top executives who've donated money to Clinton's campaign.

David M. Smith, the organization's vice president of programs, including their enormous communications department, recently contributed the maximum allowable donation for the primary race -- $2,300 -- to Senator Clinton. Smith's monetary gift for Clinton was made on January 15, according to newly released Federal Election Commission files.
With Smith's large donation in mind, I just don't see how HRC can claim their 2008 presidential operations and media advocacy, two fields controlled by Smith, are not biased in favor one Democratic candidate over the other.
The Smith donation to Clinton is one more piece of evidence, in my eyes, that HRC is a group that very much would like to see her win the nomination.
There's nothing wrong with a gay advocacy organization and the staffers supporting their favored candidate for the White House. I simply wish HRC would come out of the closet about being Hillary Clinton backers.
Smith, David M
Washington , DC 20002
Human Rights Campaign/Communication
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D)
President
$2,300
primary
01/15/08