The following is an email from Jim Nimmo
(Posted 6-11-02)

Editor:

Splendid! It's well past the time that gays/lesbians choosing the Republican Party be fully represented in the GOP at any level they choose.

Mr. Alexander seems to have forgotten or is ignoring like the rest of the GOP, that Mary Cheney, older daughter of the appointed vice-president, is openly Lesbian and worked for Coors Brewery as a vice-president for public relations and was hired specifically to improve relations with gay/lesbian customers. To the best of my knowledge, Ms. Cheney has not given a single interview with either the print or broadcast media since well before the 2000 election.

Senator Kolbe of Arizona, an openly gay man, was deliberately snubbed on national television at the Philadelphia 2000 Convention by several of the delegates.

The Philadelphia Convention also adopted explicit language condemming gays/lesbians and endorsing the homophobic policies of the Boy Scouts of America in its discriminatory practices towards gay men and boys as leaders and members.

During the 2000 campaign, Governor George W. Bush refused to meet with any Log Cabin Republican members, a nominally gay support group for the GOP. Mr. Bush also threatened to abolish the HIV/AIDS advisory office which consults with presidents on this subject of global importance.

Is the GOP afraid that with the united strength of gays/lesbians of both parties the Kristian Reich-backed GOP's worst nightmare will be realized? Namely, that homophobia and bigotry can no longer be legally enforced!

James Nimmo, Treasurer
Central Oklahoma Stonewall Democrats
violadamore2@yahoo.com
405-843-3651
2406 NW 59th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73112