[lavender] Re: MassEquality Endorses Sandlin

[Owen Broadhurst]

My press release is now generating fruit.

Bay Windows and In Newsweekly both are pursuing the story.

MassEquality may have done me one favor - there's no way that my campaign
would have generated much press among New England regional LGBT newsjournals
otherwise!

OB

On 8/17/06, Owen Broadhurst <owen.broadhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  That's right.
>
> MassEquality did not endorse my candidacy, but endorsed instead the
> leading Democratic candidate. Apparently, MassEquality was in no way
> prepared to lend its endorsement to the sole and only Queer candidate in the
> race, the candidate who devoted more years of his life to the cause of equal
> marriage rights than all other candidates in the District combined.
>
> I learned this in a letter dated August 7 that just arrived in the mail
> today. Despite my having often e-mailed and phoned MassEquality to make
> inquiries about endorsement criteria, MassEquality never returned my
> messages - but only phoned me to solicit funds. I won't send them a dime.
>
> Precisely when MassEquality was ever in contact with Rosemary Sandlin's
> campaign eludes me, but I received no survey, no questionnaire, no response
> ever regarding endorsement criteria.
>
> Rosemary Sandlin is indeed an equal marriage rights supporter. She's a
> very solid ally. However, there's but one candidate in the race who has been
> for many years an equal marriage rights activist - and MassEquality has
> dismissed and ignored that candidate.
>
> When may the lobbies that purport to speak for the Community someday work
> for one of their own? I don't know - but I shan't hold my breath waiting.
>
> --
> Owen R. Broadhurst
> Candidate for State Representative
> Third Hampden District
> http://www.owenbroadhurst.org
>



-- 
Owen R. Broadhurst
Candidate for State Representative
Third Hampden District
http://www.owenbroadhurst.org