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Posted on 03/05/2007 10:14:27 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told the nation's leading gay rights group in an unpublicized speech that she wants a partnership with gays if elected president.
Clinton also said she opposes the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military that was instituted during her husband's presidency.
"I am proud to stand by your side," Clinton said in a keynote speech Friday to the Human Rights Campaign. Neither Clinton's campaign nor her Senate office made any announcement that she would be making the Friday address.
In the speech, Clinton joked that she shares the same initials as the group, and pledged to maintain the same close working relationship that last year helped defeat the federal amendment which would have banned same-sex marriage.
"I want you to know that this is exactly the kind of partnership we will have when I am president," Clinton told the group. "I want you to know that just as you always have an open door to my senate office, you will always have an open door to the White House and together we can continue this journey."
Clinton's husband Bill Clinton was president when the Pentagon instituted the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which says gays may serve in the military only if they keep their sexual orientation private. In 1999, as she prepared to run for the Senate from New York, Clinton publicly opposed that policy.
Previous to Bill Clinton's administration, gays were flatly forbidden from serving in the military.
Sen. Clinton said it would be safer for the nation if openly gay soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen could wear the uniform.
"This policy doesn't just hurt gays and lesbians, it hurts all our troops and this to me is a matter of national security and we're going to fix it," Clinton said.
Her chief rivals for the Democratic nomination, John Edwards and Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), also favor repealing the policy.
She also attacked the Bush administration for making political appeals based on gay rights issues, vowing that her presidency would mark "the end of leadership that has politicized the most personal and intimate issues."
Human Rights Campaign vice president David Smith said Clinton's comments were "very well received," though he added the group is not endorsing any candidate and does not anticipate making an endorsement "anytime soon."
Clinton spokesman Blake Zeff said Tuesday the candidate "affirmed her desire to have a strong partnership with the community as president," adding they were "delighted" the speech was available on the Internet.
Clinton aides said no announcement was made because the group's gathering is traditionally closed to the press. Video of the speech was posted on the group's Web site.
Smith said such annual board meetings have always been closed to the press, but it was the first time he could remember that a speech at such a meeting had been made public afterward.
"There's no contradiction," he said. "The event is always closed to the press and we wanted to make (the remarks) available for people to see."
Yeah. The Clymer pirates.
Bu dum ching!
roflmao.
"The event is always closed to the press and we wanted to make (the remarks) available for people to see."
It's always dark in a tunnel until someone turns the lights on.
AP for Obama is fine with me. I hope so. Hollywood for Obama, too.
I think hillary is a lot more dangerous. The MSM can pump up almost any empty balloon into a candidate, but I think Osama is too lightweight even for them, at least this time around.
Some peole are photogenic; others are phototoxic.
That photo of Hillary and Bill, both wearing britches exemplifies the exact reason that I do NOT wear slacks. I have been thinking for a long time that to put it bluntly, the crotch of a pair of tight slacks stuck up in a woman's twat is about the ugliest sight on the planet. - I think I am already suffering from Clinton Fatigue even this early on. If somehow dead voters and illegals succeed in electing her, I welcome some suggestions on how to hunker down and, hopefully, survive her reign. I refuse to be alert as I was during his fiasco. First of all, I know, avoid TV. Now, what else could I do?
Soooo- The witch in the old crusty pants suit is finally coming out of the closet???
That will at least give a reason for why Bill liked interns under his desk, I guess.
..."Will she bring back the condom tree?"
Ah, the holiday's past. Can you imagine taking your kids for a tour of the Clinton Whank House and having your daughter ask what was in the special marked package on the Clinton holiday tree? Why those silly libs do have a sense of humor.
BOHICA.
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Lol, she looks pretty good on a plum background. Blends well with her skin!
I'm waiting for the 'neon green' one, ugh!
Purple BG
Orchid1 text
Just trying to be sensitive to Hillary's lifestyle choices and "partners"
Yes, you try hard to be sensitive, lol.
Yes, looks cute and matches your text now too!
I should have painted little 'hearts' on Bubba's boxers, snicker.
NO, it's a joke!
With all those frames??????
Heh!
I could not even change the color of his boxers!
Yaaaa, I think I counted at least 10 frames where they showed. He's going to have to live with what he's got!
My tricks did not work
They ended up looking like gay camo boxers!
LOL!
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