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Do you oppose full and equal rights for LGBT people? Do you justify your bigotry against gays by citing The Bible? Do you oppose equal marriage rights for all people? Instead of being sanctimonious and proud of your actions, bow your head in shame and beg for God’s forgiveness. Geoff Staples

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View Article  Will the conventions be fair? Or wil SD 23 blacks once again abuse their power?

Dallas Voice :: Letters March 28, 2008
Will the conventions be fair?
by Geoff Staples

With the Texas Democratic Party Senate District Conventions being held this weekend (Saturday, March 29), I wanted to alert the community to what happened at the Senate District 23 Democratic convention in 2006.

I am a Democrat because I believe the Democratic Party to be the party of equality, justice, liberty, respect and economic opportunity for all persons. Unfortunately, the 2006 SD 23 convention caused me to doubt this belief.

I was a delegate and a member of the Resolutions Committee. In that committee, we discuss and vote on resolutions covering the gamut of current issues. At the 2006 convention, the Resolutions Committee voted down a resolution calling for universal health care and when it was brought to the floor of the convention, the convention affirmed they did not support universal health care.

Equally appalling, the Resolutions Committee voted down a resolution calling for gay and lesbian families to have equal rights to marriage and the benefits thereof. African-American committee members abused their one-vote majority and block-voted against the resolution while every other person on the committee voted for passage. During the discussion, some of ...   more »

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