Comments on: Making a statement at the Dem convention http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/03/14/making-a-statement-at-the-dem-convention/ the gay community's news source Wed, 22 May 2013 09:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Watcher http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/03/14/making-a-statement-at-the-dem-convention/#comment-46077 Watcher Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:07:29 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=37581#comment-46077 Good column.

Voice, are you saying that only one point of advocacy would be effective?

]]> By: Watcher http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/03/14/making-a-statement-at-the-dem-convention/#comment-46076 Watcher Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:05:28 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=37581#comment-46076 LOL. Why wont the Democrats be Republicans?

]]> By: A voice http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/03/14/making-a-statement-at-the-dem-convention/#comment-45900 A voice Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:42:22 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=37581#comment-45900 While I very much understand the emotional and social benefits of seeking President Obama’s “evolution” on Marriage Equality, if D.C. delegates to the Democratic Convention had to pick their most important issue to mention in the platform, a D.C. Vote in Congress is better.

With a vote, Eleanor Holmes Norton can a whole lot more about DOMA and many other problems and issues D.C. and her constituents face.

For starters, she can vote to repeal DOMA. Thank you.

]]> By: laurelboy2 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/03/14/making-a-statement-at-the-dem-convention/#comment-45492 laurelboy2 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:13:40 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=37581#comment-45492 How about including in their platform that Democrats will support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, reduce discretionary spending to 2000 levels, close all loopholes in the tax code, compel people to pass a drug test to receive public assistance, work to eliminate all entitlement spending with a goal of reducing the totality of this spending to 25% of budget by 2020, open up all known natural gas and oil reserves to immediate exploitation, and similar provisions?

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