Equality California Becomes First LGBT Organization to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President in 2016

Towleroad ^ | March 16, 2015 | Kyler Geoffroy

[2ndDivisionVet]

Equality California has taken a preemptive step in the 2016 race for the White House and become the first LGBT organization to endorse Hillary Clinton for president, the group confirmed in a statement today:

"We want Hillary Clinton to run and are ready to mobilize our 800,000 members to help her win," said Equality California's Executive Director Rick Zbur. "We're enthusiastic about her candidacy because she has the best record of accomplishment on LGBT issues of any potential candidate. Equality California is ready for Hillary!"

As Secretary of State, Clinton championed the rights of LGBT people around the world, making LGBT rights and acceptance a global priority. In 2011, Sec. Clinton gave a historic speech on International Human Rights Day at the United Nations in Geneva, saying: "Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights."

Under Sec. Clinton's leadership, the Department of State used its full range of diplomatic and development tools to combat violence and discrimination against LGBT people worldwide. Thanks to her efforts, LGBT rights became a core principle of U.S. foreign policy in an unprecedented way.

Throughout her career in public service, she has been a champion for LGBT equality and acceptance within the United States. In a video message, Sec. Clinton states "I believe America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being - that's who we are, it's in our DNA."

Equality California
@eqca

it's true - we are the 1st #LGBT org to endorse
@HillaryClinton for president: http://bit.ly/1GMcoHl Are u
ready? pic.twitter.com/WJkwnRiDAu

11:09 AM - 16 Mar 2015

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EQCA also included a two-page fact sheet on Clinton's record on LGBT issues, which Chris Johnson over at the Washington Blade notes does not mention the late timing of her endorsement of marriage equality in March 2013. Clinton was one of the last big name Democrats to do so.

[nascarnation]

Interesting...does this mean they’ll vote for Cruz/Walker if Warren is the Dem nominee?

/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s

[tcrlaf]

lol..

How shocking that a gay political group would endorse Hillary, eh?

[nascarnation]

BTW some great “digital refinement” on that pic, she looks pretty decent there.

[Michael.SF.]

Did they send her an e-mail to let her know?

[litehaus]

Como se dice? Se figura ???

[Dilbert San Diego]

Why???, Hillary was very late to jump on the homosexual marriage bandwagon. Why is this group so eager to endorse a candidate who was on record opposing homosexual marriage for.most of her political career???

[golux]

Thank goodness! Every day at breakfast, every night at dinner, and all day long at work, while America crumbles, the middle east kindles itself into thermonuclear armageddon, and Islamic militants gang-rape the world's preteens and crush what remains of freedom, art, and the rest of civilization, I stare at the wll and ask myself: Which "LGBT" organization will be the first - the very first - to endorse Hillary for President?

[relictele]

Existential question: can an organization that calls itself ‘Equality’ actually have a membership? Isn’t that an inherently unequal concept?

[jsanders2001]

If I wanted to win I ceratinly wouldn’t want their endorsement.

[bigbob]

Wow, she must be thrilled to have the support of 0.25% of the US population...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Because they knew she was bull$#*++ing everybody back then? They know she’s a lesbian.

[Caipirabob]

And what else to expect from the mentally ill?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Hillary said gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights? That’s almost identical to what she said about women’s rights being human rights, and human rights being women’s rights.

So what is going on here? You just fill in the blank with some other group, saying rights for the oppressed group are human Rights, and liberals think you are big intellectual guru???, what the heck????

[Amendment10]

What Hillary probably doesn’t want the misguided LGBT organization to know is that a president has no constitutional authority to establish constitutional rights with a phone and a pen. Only the states can establish constitutional rights by appropriately amending the Constitution to expressly protect a specific right.

So what the LGBT people need to do to promote their agenda within the framework of the Constitution is the following. LGBT actually needs to work with Congress to propose a gay “rights” amendment to the Constitution to the states. And if the states choose to ratify the amendment then the feds will have the constitutional authority that they need to protect gay “rights” and the LGBT will be a hero.

[Nifster]

Well bless their hearts

[RetiredTexasVet]

So, in essence, we now have “queers are ready for Hillary” ... eye candy for queers?

[jocon307]

Really? They think this is the time to jump on that tottering band wagon? You go gays!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Thanks to her efforts, LGBT rights became a core principle of U.S. foreign policy in an unprecedented way.

This planet is so ****ed up. There's no intelligent life here. Just the universe's largest freak show full of sexual deviants and other assorted creeps.

[VRWC For Truth]