Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2016 1:00:51 GMT -6
Anti-gay comments prompt national gay-rights group to jump in Supreme Court race
A national gay-rights group plans to mobilize its supporters against Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who published anti-gay comments 24 years ago in her college newspaper.
Human Rights Campaign spokesman Brandon Lorenz said the group does not typically get involved in state Supreme Court races. But Bradley’s writings are prompting it to make calls and send emails to “thousands” of its members in Wisconsin ahead of the April 5 election between Bradley and Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.
The goal is to get its members to volunteer on behalf of Kloppenburg and to vote for her.
“Justice Bradley’s comments were appalling and they raised some very troubling questions about her ability to render fair and impartial decisions,” Lorenz said this week. “And it was because of that that we felt it was really important that our members and supporters know what’s going on and what’s at stake.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/anti-gay-comments-prompt-national-gay-rights-group-to-jump/article_2567e2fe-220f-5cb4-90c8-5a59fb7f60dc.html
A national gay-rights group plans to mobilize its supporters against Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who published anti-gay comments 24 years ago in her college newspaper.
Human Rights Campaign spokesman Brandon Lorenz said the group does not typically get involved in state Supreme Court races. But Bradley’s writings are prompting it to make calls and send emails to “thousands” of its members in Wisconsin ahead of the April 5 election between Bradley and Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.
The goal is to get its members to volunteer on behalf of Kloppenburg and to vote for her.
“Justice Bradley’s comments were appalling and they raised some very troubling questions about her ability to render fair and impartial decisions,” Lorenz said this week. “And it was because of that that we felt it was really important that our members and supporters know what’s going on and what’s at stake.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/anti-gay-comments-prompt-national-gay-rights-group-to-jump/article_2567e2fe-220f-5cb4-90c8-5a59fb7f60dc.html