At MinnPost, Doug Grow looks at Congressman Walz's support for human rights:
But there seems to be growing comfort among Democratic candidates that it's OK to openly support gay issues, which would indicate that most Dems believe that Republicans no longer will be able to turn gay issues into wedge issues. . . .
Second example:
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, the DFLer who represents the traditionally conservative 1st District in Minnesota, spoke at a LGBT function during the week.
"He knocked it out of the park,'' said Reitan of the speech Walz delivered. "He comes to a gay caucus. He boldly stepped out for us. Tim Walz should be our governor. He has a fundamental understanding of what's right. He gets it.''
Wasn't he taking a political risk by speaking at a LGBT function?
Walz shrugged off the question.
"I've spent my life on the issue of human rights and equality,'' he said. "It's a slippery slope when we say who it's OK to discriminate against.''
He thinks most people in the 1st District get it, too.
"In the past, these issues have been brought up only in election years to hammer a wedge between people,'' he said. "I don't think that's going to work again.''
The GOP tried bringing up Walz's support for human rights as an issue in 2006, and voters shrugged it off. We think the RPM bring it up again, and once again, it won't work.
Grow's article leads off with an item about Jacob Reitan's current gig working nationally to mobilize the GLBT community for Obama. Reitan, a Mankato West grad, was prominently featured in the acclaimed documentary, For the Bible Tells Me So.
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