tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post112113261404130714..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1141895207782341912006-03-09T04:06:00.000-05:002006-03-09T04:06:00.000-05:00Never forget, however, that Bayh, in the person of his hatchet-woman, Ann Delaney, attempted to keep a gay rights plank out of the state Democratic party platform. Using a dirty trick that had previously succeeded for them in keeping reproductive choice suppressed, the plank simply disappeared -- it was omitted from the printed version of the platform to be presented at the state party convention despite that its inclusion had been voted on by the platform committee at its first meeting and reaffirmed without objection at every subsequent one throughout the state preceding the convention itself.<BR/><BR/>However, due to the hard work of outraged platform committee members, including ISU Political Science Professor Emeritus Don Shields, and luminaries such as Sens. Vi Simpson and Billie Breaux, as well as activists that included Bob Dion and the entire legislative and political policy working groups of LGBT Fairness Indiana, the necessary petition signatures were obtained to right this wrong (a difficult feat previously thought impossible by many experienced pols) and the plank prevailed, to be routinely renewed to this day.Marla R. Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302849430351280361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1121963378197577052005-07-21T11:29:00.000-05:002005-07-21T11:29:00.000-05:00I thought this was a very well written piece. I am giving you, even though you're a Republican :), a Hoosier Hat Tip.<BR/><BR/>http://hoosierdemocrats.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>best wishes marieMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06560814388408035671noreply@blogger.com