Elizabeth Edwards Speaks At Gay Pride Breakfast

CBS 5 / BCN ^ | Jun 24, 2007

[Baladas]

Elizabeth Edwards received thunderous applause during a speech in San Francisco as part of Sunday’s Gay Pride celebration.

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of 2008 presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, advocated her husband’s democratic campaign and addressed issues pertaining to poverty, the U.S. involvement in the Iraq war and lesbian and gay rights, among other topics.

As members of the audience held up John Edwards campaign posters, Elizabeth Edwards conveyed her and her husband’s beliefs regarding one of the most important issues to many San Franciscans: the rights of gay and lesbian American citizens.

“Everyone should have the same rights and benefits,” Elizabeth Edwards said. “Same-sex couples should receive the same treatment (as straight couples).”

On the subject of poverty in America, Elizabeth Edwards said that she believed Congress had masked the issue in unjustifiable silence. “37 million people (in America) live in poverty, and 15 million in deep poverty,” she said.

Elizabeth Edwards, who has been fighting breast cancer since 2004, also declared that the country’s healthcare is “in shambles.”

In addition, Elizabeth Edwards said she and John Edwards both support stem cell research, deeming it an important part of the country’s progress toward curing many medical problems.

“We need a government driven by science and compassion, not ideology,” Elizabeth Edwards said. “It’s time to stand up. It’s time to fight,” she said at the end of her speech.

Elizabeth Edwards’ speech took place at the annual Alice B. Toklas Pride Breakfast, hosted by the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Democratic Club, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel at 9 a.m.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and California Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, were among the opening speakers at the event.

Referring to Saturday and Sunday’s Gay Pride celebration, Newsom shared his belief that the “magic of San Francisco” stems from the non-judgmental nature of the city.

“Today is an affirmation of what’s good, and what’s right,” Newsom said.

Clad in leather pants that he jokingly referred to at one point during his short speech, Leno used his time at the podium to thank the audience for their support.

[Baladas]

How more moonbattish can the Edwards possibly go?

Newsom thinks he knows right from wrong, hahaha.

[RichInOC]

Do they serve brownies at that breakfast? I’d go once just to try them if they do.

[BenLurkin]

Fudge.

They only serve fudge.

[HoosierHawk]

"We need a government driven by science and compassion, not ideology,” Elizabeth Edwards said. “It’s time to stand up. It’s time to fight," she said at the end of her speech.

Geez, I'm getting too old for this nonsense.

"Science and compassion"? Gimme a break here, will ya?

[xcamel]

and “Hot Crossed Buns”

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1855581/posts
Gay marriage bill is new reason to celebrate gay pride as parade approaches

[gidget7]

Tell me again why what Ann Coulter said was wrong. Here are the Edwards, doing exactly what she implied they do.

[elhombrelibre]

Isn’t Mrs. Edwards’ husband Gay?

[Calpernia]

http://outfordemocracy.org/arch/000503.html

NATIONAL LGBT LEADERS ENDORSE JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT

Chapel Hill, North Carolina - The John Edwards for President campaign announced today that prominent LGBT leaders from across the country endorsed Senator John Edwards for President.

"I am honored to have the support of so many well-respected LGBT leaders," said Edwards. "They work hard every day to make our country a better place and I am proud to join with them to fight for equal rights for all Americans."

The following LGBT leaders endorsed Edwards for President:

- Skip Paul, Corporate Executive

- Darren Star, TV Producer

- Julie Johnson, Human Rights Campaign Public Policy Committee Co-Chair

- Eric Stern, Former National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director; Former Democratic National Committee LGBT Outreach Director

- David Mixner, Former Bill Clinton for President Adviser; LGBT activist, fundraiser, author www.davidmixner.com

- Dennis Erdman, TV Producer/ Director

- Mary Snider, Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors Executive Committee Member

- David Tseng, Kerry-Edwards 2004 National LGBT Advisory Committee Co-Chair; Former Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National Executive Director

- David Mariner, Former Out for Howard Dean Co-Chair; Founder, www.outfordemocracy.org

- James Duff, TV Producer

- Ramon Gardenhire, National Stonewall Democrats Black Caucus Co-Chair; Former DNC LGBT Deputy Outreach Director

- Scott Benson, Majority Leader Minneapolis City Council

- Shane Larson, AFL-CIO Pride @ Work National Executive Board Member; Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Government Affairs Director

- Scott Wiener, Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors Member; San Francisco Democratic Party Chair* (for identification purposes only)

- Jeff Gardner, Garden State Equality Vice Chair; New Jersey for Democracy Co-Chair

- Lynne Wiggins, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) National Leadership Council Member; Former Human Rights Campaign Board of Governors Member

- Ken Keechl, Broward County Commissioner; Former Dolphin Democrats President

- Linda Elliott, Human Rights Committee Board of Directors Member

- Dave Garrity, Former Democratic National Committee Member

- Mark Periello, Former Human Rights Campaign staff member; Democratic strategist

- Ron Ginsburg, LGBT Community Activist; business owner

- Randall Kelly, LGBT Community Activist; attorney

- Stephanie Kornegay, LGBT Community Activist; business owner

- Robert D. Horvath, Mautner Project Board of Directors Member

- Patrick J. Lyden, LGBT Community Activist; Homeland Security Advisor

[gidget7]

“We need a government driven by science and compassion, not ideology,”

Hahahaha Junk Science, and compassion for perverts who want to push their way into every childs classroom.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

the annual Alice B. Toklas Pride Breakfast

Twenty years ago, that would have been the punchline of a joke.

[RichInOC]

Hmmm...Son of a gun. Wikipedia says it originally actually was fudge, not necessarily brownies.

(For those of you who don't know, Alice Toklas is perhaps best known, other than as Gertrude Stein's other half, for popularizing cannabis as an ingredient in baked sweets.)

[gidget7]

Cal, have you seen the pics of this years homfest week in Boston?? Talk about porn, and exposing kids to it, this year is the worst yet!

[gidget7]

Not that anyone knows of. LOL but then we haven’t claimed he is, he is just a gay apologist atty for them.

[hophead]

““Today is an affirmation of what’s good, and what’s right,” Newsom said.”

Amazing that this man thinks he can tell me and my family what is “good” and “right”. What an arrogant ass.

[BenLurkin]

Stein and Toklas

Not just ugly bitter perverts-- neither had much talent either.

[toddlintown]

Bet they had sausage.

[A_Former_Democrat]

“Elizabeth Edwards’ speech took place at the annual Alice B. Toklas Pride Breakfast, hosted by the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Democratic Club . . .”

Welcome to today’s Democratic Party.

[Calpernia]

I saw a number of LBGT ‘educational’ films at YouTube. Disgusting.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

funny we never heard those views from them when he ran for the senate in North Carolina