Dems Oust Openly Gay Candidate

Heh.

A Democratic Party committee Thursday night disqualified an openly gay candidate for the Alabama Legislature and the woman she defeated in the primary runoff because both women violated a party rule that party officials said no other candidate has obeyed since 1988.

The committee voted 5-0 to disqualify Patricia Todd, who was attempting to become the state’s first openly gay legislator, and Gaynell Hendricks.

1. That’s Alabama.

   Texas, on the other hand, had one a while ago serving in the state legislature.

   Posted by on August 24, 2006 at 2201 hrs




2. I don’t see anything amusing about it.  How horrible.  It’s embarrassing as a Democrat, and it reinforces my prejudice against southern states like Alabama.

   Posted by scott on August 25, 2006 at 1017 hrs