State Representative Liz Malia
Posted on 02/29/2004 6:54:05 AM PST by pabianice
BOSTON, MA - An unusual convergence of progressive agendas - gay marriage and black voting - has trapped the state's highest-profile lesbian lawmaker in a political paradox.
Rep. Liz Malia (D-Jamaica Plain), one of the symbolic leaders of the gay marriage movement, represents a district - the 11th Suffolk - targeted by Tuesday's federal court ruling as being unfair to black voters.
The ruling compels the House to redraw the boundaries of the 11th Suffolk to increase the non-white voting population - most likely by adding precincts from Roxbury and Dorchester and taking away white Jamaica Plain precincts.
But in the process it could weaken Malia's grip on the seat she has held since 1998, particularly because non-white voters tend to be less supportive of gay marriage.
``The fact that these two things happened at the same time is total chance - I don't read too much into it,'' Malia said. ``I look at redistricting as a generic issue where you go and work with the community that's there - I've worked in some of the areas I might pick up, and I don't have a lot of insecurity about it.''
Malia noted pointedly that the U.S. District Court ruling does not mention gays.
``As gays and lesbians, we don't have any status in terms of being considered as a group or a class in that equation,'' she said.
One of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the 2001 redistricting plan said Malia's political viability and gay marriage is of secondary importance.
``Our priority is to see that African-Americans and people of color may elect representatives of their choice,'' said James Cofield of the Black Political Task Force. ``For anyone to suggest we shouldn't do something because it might adversely affect a representative on any particular issue is a folly.''
Gay activists said they are confident Malia can appeal to black and Latino voters in a redrawn district.
My goodness!
The next frontier after gay marriage becomes a reality.
Redistricting now will need to be based on sexual orientation in addition to race and national origin.
Hundreds of court challenges because Congress does not contain 20% gay Congressmen (since the activists claim that 20% of the population is gay).
Bush landslide in 2004.
``As gays and lesbians, we don't have any status in terms of being considered as a group or a class in that equation,''
That's because you're a handful of dysfunctional sex addicts who need to pervert other peoples children for political power. Any questions?
``For anyone to suggest we shouldn't do something because it might adversely affect a representative on any particular issue is a folly.''
Don't worry about it. If the homosexuals don't like it, they'll just make their own laws anyway. They're nut cases.
The "0" at the end of the number must have been a typo. It's 2%.
The homosexual "marriages" in SF were just as much UK and Canadian homos as Americans (FOX). It was for pro-sodomy propaganda.
Backs are Democrats for the same reason Jews are Democrats... Both engage in professional victimology. As long as both groups crave to be seen as victims they will remain Democrats.... no other issue counts.
Do Romans complain about the Romans being blamed for crucifing Christ in the Film the Passion of Christ? Do people of Slavic descent demand reparations for being the original slaves?
Jews and Blacks are victims. They will be victims and Democrats until the end of time.
State Representative Liz Malia
That would be difficult to prove. There's no box you're required to check on the census describing sexual orientation.
Me! Me!
There's no box---yet.
President Kerry would make this a top priority.
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgendered
Curious
Hetrosexual but ashamed to admit it.
| Rep. Liz Malia (D-Jamaica Plain), one of the symbolic leaders of the gay marriage movement, represents a district - the 11th Suffolk - targeted by Tuesday's federal court ruling as being unfair to black voters. The ruling compels the House to redraw the boundaries of the 11th Suffolk to increase the non-white voting population - most likely by adding precincts from Roxbury and Dorchester and taking away white Jamaica Plain precincts. But in the process it could weaken Malia's grip on the seat she has held since 1998, particularly because non-white voters tend to be less supportive of gay marriage. In claiming that the homosexual agenda is the moral equivalent of desegregation, the tin-eared Left has essentially claimed that to be black is the moral equivalent of being homosexual... "not that there's anything wrong with that." |
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