LA Times: Gay-rights, labor leaders call on Clinton to cancel speech

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-prop813-2009feb13,0,7702238.story

The former president plans to give an address at a San Diego hotel whose developer backed Proposition 8, the measure approved by California voters that bans same-sex marriage.

By Tony Perry
February 13, 2009

Reporting from San Diego -- Gay-rights and labor leaders Thursday called on former President Clinton to cancel his speech Sunday at a San Diego hotel developed by a major supporter of Proposition 8, the measure to ban gay marriage endorsed by voters in November.

Clinton is set to speak to the annual convention of the International Franchise Assn. at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Douglas Manchester contributed $125,000 to Proposition 8 forces.

During the campaign, Clinton opposed the measure and recorded a telephone message calling it unfair and wrong.

Opponents of the measure have led a boycott of Manchester's hotel, which has been the site of numerous political events in the past. The San Diego Business Journal estimated that the boycott has cost the hotel more than $2 million.

Boycott supporters say the American Assn. of Law Schools, the California Nurses Assn. and the International Foundation of Employee Benefits have canceled events at the hotel. But the California State Bar's annual convention is still scheduled to be held there.


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[alexandria]

1. Do you really think Bill cares about the Gays..

It all about making money.