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Victory Fund blog: Marco Rubio is ‘horrible’ on gay issues

Published on March 12, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

The Victory Fund’s blog, GayPolitics.com, has this post today, Is Marco Rubio Anti-Gay? The article explores the philosophies of Rubio and Charlie Crist. Could Floridians find out too late that they voted for a staunchly anti-gay U.S. senator? Florida’s leading GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio, doesn’t like to talk about social issues now that he’s the clear front runner for his party’s nomination. In fact, his campaign Web site is silent on key issues important to the…

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Rick Kriseman files military readiness bill urging repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Published on March 2, 2010 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

Rick Kriseman has filed House Memorial 1459 urging Congress to adopt and the President of United States to sign into law legislation that repeals the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and institutes a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation with respect to service in the U.S. Military. “It’s past time to end the failed policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” There are nearly eighty thousand gay or lesbian veterans who live in Florida; brave men and women who served…

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Rick Kriseman files military readiness bill urging repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Published on March 2, 2010 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

Rick Kriseman has filed House Memorial 1459 urging Congress to adopt and the President of United States to sign into law legislation that repeals the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and institutes a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation with respect to service in the U.S. Military. “It’s past time to end the failed policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” There are nearly eighty thousand gay or lesbian veterans who live in Florida; brave men and women who served…

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Harsh reaction to St. Petersburg Times’ recommendation of Bill Foster for Mayor from Tampa Bay’s progressive community

Published on August 23, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

Call it The Endorsement Heard ‘Round The ‘Burg. In what some St. Pete insiders view as pure Machiavellian journalism, if not a complete sell-out of its core beliefs, The St. Petersburg Times, one of the nation’s best liberal newspapers endorsed, err…”recommended” is the preferred term, Bill Foster, an anti-evolution, anti-gay candidate. As Wayne Garcia of Creative Loafing writes: Actually, the Foster recommendation should come as no surprise to Times’ readers who observed the editorial board’s changing tone ever since Tim…

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