Saturday, February 7, 2009

Obama's choice of gay rights foe for Cabinet slammed by activists

Obama’s choice of gay rights foe for Cabinet slammed by activist - from Pink News - all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
President of the United States Barack Obama's Cabinet choices are dividing the gay community.

While Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's largest LGBT rights group, has welcomed the confirmation of Eric Holder as US Attorney General, other activists have questioned the nomination of Republican Senator Judd Gregg for Commerce Secretary.

Senator Gregg has a poor voting record on gay rights.

He opposed expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation and prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation and voted in favour of a ban on same-sex marriage...

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