Dinner With The Dems. Or Possibly Not.
Next week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is holding a fundraising dinner ($1000+ a head) for LGBT ‘Leaders’ in a swanky hotel in Washington DC. The Vice-President will be in attendance, and the event is being hosted by former DNC Chair Howard Dean and three openly lesbian or gay representatives.
Obviously the event has been planned for months, but it’s rather bad timing considering that growing backlash against the administration over recent events I’ve mentioned. Various of the high profile movers and shakers whose attendance the DNC has been touting as a draw have started to pull out of the event as a direct consequence of the DOMA brief, including, as reported on Americablog, the Human Rights Campaign’s National Field Director.
And now, one of those three hosting representatives, Jared Polis of Colorado, has issued a statement (arguably five days late, but it’s a start) calling the language of the brief ‘unconscionable’, and saying
Since this filing, I have called on the President to issue a statement or give any sign that would clarify his position and am disappointed in his lack of reply.
He doesn’t make any comment about his participation in the fundraiser, but even without that, it feels like this statement took balls. Good on you Congressman.