Clark’s straightforward style appeals to gay liaison

[Toucano]

http://washingtonblade.com/2004/2-6/news/national/clark.cfm

Clark’s positions on many gay issues are not discernible from rivals Kerry, Edwards and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. But Seifert said Clark is dedicated to “ending the second-class citizenship of gay and lesbian people.” He vows to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, strengthen federal protections against hate crimes and extend certain benefits traditionally reserved for heterosexual couples to gay couples, though he stops short of supporting same-sex marriage.

Clark has indicated that he would ask the nation’s military leaders to review the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and said he would provide “leadership” in changing the policy.

Seifert argues that Clark’s approaches to fulfilling certain gay voter objectives set him apart from his competitors.

For example, he noted that Clark has proposed allowing states the option to expand Medicaid to those living with HIV who still work, but cannot afford the expensive drugs. In Clark’s view, this would address the “Catch-22 in the current Medicaid system “that requires HIV sufferers to become disabled before they can access medication that prevents that incapacity."

[MrSlayer]

1. The General will be good for everyone!

Except maybe the super rich corporate blood suckers. And no one really feels bad about that.

[dsc]

2. I am impressed by his words on this

I admit to having a problem with the general thing. I don't see how, after reading Conduct Unbecoming, he could have gotten promoted holding the views he now espouses. That leaves three options: A) he didn't hold them while he was in the military. B) he lied to his fellow military people about his views C) Shilts was wrong on what views military people can or can't hold. I as still trying to figure out what the case is.

[tishaLA]

3. It's easy. Shilts was a

charleton who invented facts as they served his narrative purposes. He did it with And the Band Played On, then he did it with Conduct Unbecoming.

He was more useful to the straight liberal establishment and their desires to create "good" and "bad" gay men than he was to LGBT liberation. And he never cared about lesbians.