California Election 2006 Watch: San Francisco Gay Pride Group Throws a “Pink Brick” at Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. gay pride group hurls a ‘Pink Brick’ at Gov. Schwarzenegger
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing to embrace gay Republicans at a fundraiser in Southern California next week — but back in San Francisco, a brick is headed his way over his veto of last year’s same-sex marriage bill.
Schwarzenegger is this year’s recipient of the “Pink Brick” award, a raspberry handed out annually by organizers of the San Francisco gay pride parade.
The governor received nearly a third of the 3,043 mail-in ballots cast in advance of this Sunday’s parade. That was well ahead of the second-place Concerned Women for America, a Christian-based group that campaigns against same-sex marriage.
Last year’s brick winner was Sen. Dianne Feinstein, for her analysis that the “too much, too fast, too soon” push for same-sex marriage rights had helped cost the Democrats the 2004 presidential election.
“It’s just another way to put pressure on a leader to look at our community … and take our issues seriously,” said Lindsey Jones, executive director of the San Francisco pride parade.
The brick wasn’t the only snub Arnold got in repayment for his veto in September of Assemblyman Mark Leno’s bill granting same-sex partners the right to marry.
The Governor is attempting to reach out to voter constituents and the radical Gay Left wants to slap him for his failure to support Gay Marriage.
No California Governor or candidate for Governor will EVER support Gay Marriage.
Why?
The majority of California voters do NOT support it.
Asked about his refusal to back same-sex marriages during a Webcam conversation with the public Tuesday, Schwarzenegger — whose chief of staff, Susan Kennedy, is a lesbian — emphasized his support for domestic partner rights. But he said voters had sent a loud and clear “no” in 2000 when they passed Proposition 22, which reaffirmed the state’s definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
But, the Lefty Gay groups will continue to fight the 20,000 strong GOP supporting Log Cabin Republicans.
And you can bet he will be singing much the same tune June 29 when he’s scheduled to appear at a big Hollywood gathering benefiting the gay Log Cabin Republicans. It’s his first appearance before a gay audience since taking office in November 2003.
“It’s a way of saying ‘thank you’ to an organization that supported him during the recall and during his reform agenda last year, and that has supported his re-election — and it’s the only gay group that frankly did that,” said Chris Bowman, a local GOP gay activist who plans to attend the dinner.
As for the governor’s veto of the Leno bill, Patrick Guerriero, national president of the 20,000-member Log Cabin Republicans, said, “The governor has signed scores of (gay) supportive legislation.
“We recognize that there is a lot of education work to do, not only with the governor, but with Californians, as well,” Guerriero said.
And what has Democrat Treasurer and Gubernatorial candidate promised to the Left Gay folks?
Will he promise to sign a Gay Marriage Bill?
Well, will he?
Stay tuned……..
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