Kevin Cathcart
Kevin Cathcart
announced approach asked carefully concern core hearing insure issues john legal material next nominee relevant review senate work
Once the next nominee is announced Lambda Legal will take the same approach we did with John Roberts. We will carefully review any material relevant to our community's core issues of concern and work to insure that during the Senate hearing the nominee is asked about, and addresses those issues.
community concerns group hear perceive positions seen tired tortured
One of our concerns as a group is that they don't necessarily hear enough back from the community on how we hear and perceive the sometimes tortured and hair-splitting positions they try to take. We are tired of being seen as the embarrassment to the party.
advocate advocating fairness instead rhetoric
Particularly the rhetoric they use around the things like marriage, where instead of advocating for fairness and inclusion, they actually advocate discrimination.
array broader deal face legal voice ways
One of the ways that we try to deal with that at Lambda Legal is having a broader array of spokespeople. I'm not always the voice or face of the organization.
fit john judicial philosophy piece puzzle roberts trying view
It's one more piece of the puzzle as we keep trying to find out who John Roberts is. Where does this fit in on his judicial philosophy and his view of the Constitution?
leadership looks mainstream
The leadership of organizations looks a lot like the mainstream mythologies about our movement.
call country employees employers equality fairness job losing risk talented
This is a wake-up call for employers around the country -- without commitments to fairness and equality for all employees, they risk losing talented employees and job candidates.
california continue couples fulfills full governor judicial latest opinion people promise public rights signing sure system until whether within work
That's why we have a Constitution, to make sure nobody's fundamental rights are trampled because of the latest public opinion poll. Whether or not Gov. Schwarzenegger fulfills his promise to be a governor for all the people of California by signing this bill, we will continue to work within the judicial system until same-sex couples in California have full equality.
neither relief tragedy
Tragedy does not discriminate, and neither should relief agencies.