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IS BRAD LANDER HOMOPHOBIC?

stonewall_nyc_logo_nyreblog_com_.JPGStonewall Members and Friends:

Last Friday, Brad Lander, one of Bob Zuckerman's opponents in the 39th City Council District race, placed an ad in a Yiddish newspaper in Boro Park that refers to LGBT people as "abominations" and "immoral."  As the Courier-Life Publication states, "the [ad] was aimed directly at Orthodox readers, who equate 'abominations' with homosexuals."  The ad also states that "it would be a desecration of the name of God to support the other candidates...." City Hall News, September 2009.

Homophobia is never acceptable.  Not by someone who has been calling himself a progressive.  Not by saying one thing in one community and saying something else elsewhere when eyes are turned.  Not now.  Never. 

 

It's not the first time Brad Lander has courted homophobes. He embraced the support of Assembly Member Dov Hikind, who has compared same-sex marriage to incest and said that LGBT people killed during the Holocaust should not be recognized in Brooklyn's Holocaust Memorial Park.

Divisive tactics like this--straight out of Karl Rove's playbook--turn people off from politics altogether.

Don't let these tactics work for Brad Lander.


There are just 11 days left for all of us to stand up against this
insidious brand of homophobia
and deception,
stand up for progressive
values
, and stand up for a genuine progressive like Bob Zuckerman to
represent
ALL of us.

 

  • Email Jake or call 718-360-1460 and let him know when you can
    volunteer for Bob's historic campaign.  They'll be lit dropping this
    weekend, and phone banking every night from Monday through Election Day on Sept. 15.
  • Contribute to the campaign and help them get their message out!
  • Forward this email to everyone you know, especially people who may live in the 39th district, which includes Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, and Boro Park.

Together, we can do this.

 

Sincerely,

Richard Allman
President
 

PO Box 514, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113 ? 212-330-6572 • sdnycpresident@gmail.com

 

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Stonewall Democratic Club Endorsements:  September 2009 Election

 

Mayor                          Bill Thompson

Public Advocate          Bill DeBlasio

Comptroller                 John Liu

 

District Attorney

 

            Manhattan         Leslie Crocker Snyder

            Brooklyn           Charles Hynes

             

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            Queens             Helen Marshall

 

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            CD 2                 Rosie Mendez

            CD 3                 Christine Quinn

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            CD 6                 Gale Brewer

            CD 7                 Robert Jackson

            CD 8                 Melissa Mark-Viverito

            CD 9                 Inez Dickens

            CD 10               Ydanis Rodriguez

            CD 11               Oliver Koppell

            CD 13               James Vacca

            CD 17               Maria Del Carmen Arroyo

            CD 18               Annabel Palma

            CD 19               Paul Vallone

            CD 20               John Choe

            CD 23               Mark Weprin

            CD 24               James Gennaro

            CD 25               Danny Dromm

            CD 26               Jimmy Van Bramer

            CD 27               Leroy Comrie

            CD 29               Lynn Schulman

            CD 32               Frank Gulluscio

            CD 33               Ken Diamondstone

            CD 35               Tish James

            CD 38               Sara Gonzalez

            CD 39               Bob Zuckerman

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            CD 49               Debi Rose 

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