Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Congressman David Dreier votes for "all Americans"?!
First off, no new outing today. Many of you have asked "Who's next?" Well, it's not that simple. Every "i" must be dotted and every "t'" must be crossed before the site can go public with new ACTION items.
As for the campaign, we're getting ready to make more frequent posts and expose those in the government who work to hurt the gay community. John Aravosis, publisher of AmericaBlog.org put it best when he told the Los Angeles Times "They declared war, we're not going to respond with a hug."
As for the campaign, we're getting ready to make more frequent posts and expose those in the government who work to hurt the gay community. John Aravosis, publisher of AmericaBlog.org put it best when he told the Los Angeles Times "They declared war, we're not going to respond with a hug."
If you had a chance to listen to The Sirius Satellite Network's OutQ Radio coverage during the Democratic or Republican Conventions you know that the team of Michelangelo Signorile, Corey Johnson and John McMullen offered up some of the most comprehensive convention coverage anywhere. I was glued to my web connection when Michelangelo announced that CONGRESSMAN DREIER would be on his show. As I was listening to the interview I was really hoping Michelangelo would ask the Congressman the question on so many minds. As usual, Michelangelo did not leave me disappointed.
If you'd like to listen to the clip, I have file up with the relevant part of the interview. To hear it, click here. (To save a copy, right click the link and save it to your desktop.)
Now, since I don't discriminate in my friendships, I happen to know a lot of straight people. Some of my closest friends are straight. I must say, Congressman Dreier's refusal to say he is heterosexual is the first time I can recall a man not acknowledging his own straightness when asked.
In the clip, Dreier assures OutQ listeners that he is "voting for all the American people." The voting scores of the Human Rights Campaign don't paint such a nice picture of his record. The Christian Coalition, on the other hand, gave Dreier a 92% rating in its last voter guide.
Congressman Dreier's scorecard from HRC - 4 yr. average: 13%
Here's David's scorecard from the Christian Coalition-92%
Any thoughts?
By: Michael Rogers
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