Joe Solmonese
Joe Solmonese
Joe Solmonese was the president of the Human Rights Campaign of the United States and its affiliate the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. He was appointed to this position on March 9, 2005, replacing Cheryl Jacques. A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Solmonese lives in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Boston University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications...
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placate the far right instead of appealing to the fair-minded values of the American people.
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There were very few people standing up for gay Americans 34 years ago, ... And most who did have evolved even more since.
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Hate crimes send a message of fear, and Congress answered with a powerful law enforcement tool, ... Members of the House, Democrats and Republicans alike, historically signaled today that local law enforcement officials deserve the tools this bill would provide toward fighting the scourge of hate crimes.
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The Nov. 8 election is about defeating extremists' efforts to write discrimination into Maine law,
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It certainly, for me, raises the possibility that she's more fair-minded than our opponents are hoping.
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If you go back to 1989, her answers around AIDS were forward thinking, and she said she believed gays and lesbians deserve the same civil rights, even though she was not for overturning sodomy laws, ... Those answers were not all that out of line with people who were inclined to be fair at that time and who developed into fair-minded individuals over the years.
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The church is making gay men a scapegoat for criminal pedophiles.
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Faith-based organizations have been partnering successfully with the government for years without the need to bypass civil rights laws in providing social services.
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Judge Roberts as chief justice threatens decades of a federal court system tipped against equality.
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Justice O'Connor was a voice of moderation and cast several votes to protect the GLBT community in recent years. Justice O'Connor's replacement should continue the model of fairness she and others have set. We join Republicans and Democrats alike in continuing to call on President Bush to nominate a justice who will keep the court balanced.
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I was certainly disappointed. But I would trade that Oscar for all the positive conversations that this movie spurred between parents and their gay children, or between employees and their gay co-workers. That impact transcends any accolades.
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They said they'd take our requests under advisement.
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I don't think it has anything to do with the subject matter.
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We have asked that Ford repudiate its relationship with this extremist group, reinstate its advertising of Jaguar and Land Rover and continue investing in organizations working for equality.