10 February 2010

Garden State Equality Will No Longer Give to the New Jersey Democratic Party

I guess that they are sick and tired of supporting Democrats who don't deliver on their promises:
The largest gay-rights advocacy group in New Jersey has announced it will no longer give money to the Democratic Party.

The move follows the state legislature's failure last month to legalize gay marriage and amid growing signs that the effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is already faltering.

"No political party has a record good enough on LGBT civil rights that it can rightfully claim to be entitled to our money on a party-wide basis," said the chairman of Garden State Equality, Steven Goldstein, as quoted at PolitickerNJ.com.

“No longer will we let any political party take our money and volunteers with one hand, and slap us in the face with the other when we seek full equality," Goldstein added.
It's mirrors on a state level John Aravosis's "Don't Ask, Don't Give," donor boycott, and quite honestly, considering how the Democratic Party acts as a party, you just don't see vigorous party whips on gay rights issues, this may be the only way to get results.

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