Politics Heteros Need Not Apply
Eli beat me to the post about the story in this morning’s Seattle Times—”some” feel that Ed Murray’s 43rd District State House Seat should stay in gay hands.
“We want to hold as many seats as possible,” said Bill Dubay, a longtime gay-rights activist in Seattle, who lives outside District 43. “We feel that particular seat should be held from a member of our community.”
If “some people”—i.e. Jamie Pedersen and his flying monkeys—feel that this particular seat must be held from a member of “our” community, then “some people” should have the courage of their convictions. If they feel that Murray’s seat is a gay seat, then “some people” should ask the five heterosexuals running against Pedersen to withdraw from the race. Pedersen’s supporters should explain to Bill Sherman, Stephanie Pure, Jim Street, Lynne Dodson, and Dick Kelley—and all the non-gay voters in the 43rd—that they are not qualified to hold this seat on account of their sexual orientations, and that “some people”/Pedersen supporters are going to encourage gay voters to discriminate against the other candidates in the race on the basis of sexual orientation.
If they’re not willing to do that, then “some people” should shut the fuck up.
as a fag who lives in the 36th, can I just say that if I hear one more goddamn knee-jerk liberal freak old school queer talk about something we should all do, or be for, or vote against, simply 'cause we're queer (candidates, parade routes, etc.) I'm going to stick my size 12 boot up their ass. Unless that's their fetish, in which case I'll tease, but won't actually do it...