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QUEERtimes weekly
Philadelphia and Beyond
05.05.09 / special edition It's on the Qt! | |
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In this
Special Edition
QUEERtimes
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Philadelphia Municipal
Primary Election
Tuesday
May 19th, 2009
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Welcome
to this special Philadelphia
primary edition of QUEERtimes Weekly . . . for our
non-Philadelphia readers please bear with us as we share some voter information to our local readers.
QUEERtimes offered each candidate running for to be Philadelphia's next District
Attorney an opportunity to answer the following question: Why
should Philadelphia's
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community consider supporting you for
the office of District Attorney?
Here are their
responses:
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Dan McCaffery
Democrat for DA
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I think that the LGBT community in Philadelphia should choose to support my
candidacy for a number of reasons and I am confident that my record and
policies speak for themselves with regard to my overwhelming support of the
LGBT community. First and foremost, I would like to say that I am the only
candidate who has gone on record, numerous times, in support of full marriage
equality. No other candidate in this race has said, unequivocally that they
support the rights of every LGBT person in the City and the Commonwealth to
marry the person that they love and choose to share their life with.
I think this distinction is incredibly important
because while the District Attorney has a limited role in passing marriage
equality legislation, the District Attorney is the City's top cop and the 370
attorneys who work in the DA's office look to him or her as a measuring stick
for what is right and what is wrong in this City. Moreover, my candidacy is
about serving the people of Philadelphia
as their District Attorney and not using the office to catapult to a state-wide
office. With alums such as Chief Justice Ron Castille, Governor Ed Rendell, and
Senator Arlen Specter, the office of Philadelphia District Attorney has a long
record of helping to launch state-wide candidates. I know that my heart and my
motivations lie here with Philadelphia
and I know that I speak for and to the citizens of this City when I say that
completely equal treatment of all LGBT folks is an absolute must.
The other reason that I believe that Philadelphia's LGBT
community should consider supporting my candidacy is that given my unique
commitment to equality and equal treatment for all Philadelphians, I am the
only candidate who will create a specialized LGBT Unit as part of the Victim
Services Division. I hope to comprise this new unit of a lesbian and a
gay man who will serve as victim advocates, assisting all LGBT victims of
crime. These two advocates will be experienced in serving LGBT victims of
sexual assault. We will use the full power of the District Attorney's
office to influence legislators to pass laws that better protect all citizens
of Philadelphia,
including the immediate restoration of mental or physical disability, sexual
orientation, and gender identity to the commonwealth's Ethnic Intimidation Act.
I believe in this city. I believe that the office
of the District Attorney can make a difference to all Philadelphians,
especially those such as the LGBT community who face unique challenges on a
daily basis. Those who want to corrupt our city, deal drugs, sell illegal
handguns, or commit violent crimes should know that I pledge to make this
office meet its potential. I will be the voice of the victims, and make all
Philadelphians proud of what we accomplish.
Click
here to be linked to Dan McCaffery's Liberty City (queer) Democratic Club
Questionnaire Responses
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Brian Grady
Democrat for DA
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The Gittings Trust Political Action Committee
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OUT Candidates For Judge
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Judge Dan Anders
Candidate for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas - Municipal Court
JudgeDanAnders.com
Dawn A. Segal
Candidate for Philadelphia Court of Municipal Court
DawnSegal4JUDGE.com
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Other Philadelphia Primary Races |
(Links lead to Liberty
City (Queer) Democratic
Club Questionnaire Responses) City Controller
Brett Mandell
John
Braxton
Alan
Butkovitz Supreme
Jack Panella Superior Court
Robert
Colville
Anne
Lazarus
John
Younge
Kevin
McCarthy
Paula Patrick
Tom Munley
Commonwealth Court
Stephen
Pollock
Jimmy
Lynn
Daniel Bricmont
Linda
Judson
Barbara Ernsberger
Michael Sherman Municipal Court Christine
Adair
Adam
Beloff
Judge
Dugan
Charles
Hayden
Jonathan Irvine
Kenneth
Powell
Dawn
Segal
Sharon Williams Losier
Donna
Woelpper
Joe
Murphy
Joseph
Waters
Lopez Thompson
Fran Shields
Thomas Nocella
Ted Vigilante
Dan Rendine Common Pleas Christine
Adair
Dan
Anders (OUT CANDIDATE)
Adam Beloff
Roxanne Covington
Joyce
Eubanks
Angelo
Foglietta
Charles
Hayden
Jonathan Irvine
Elinore O'Neill Kolodner
Kenneth
Powell
Angeles
Roca
Dawn
Segal (OUT CANDIDATE)
Diane
Thompson
Sharon Williams Losier
Donna
Woelpper
Robert
Coleman
Fran Shields
Beverly Muldrow
Leon King III
Vince Giusini
James Lloyd
John Joseph Capaldi
Fred Harrison Jr.
Marilyn Rigmaiden-Deleon
Judge Hall
Gregory Coleman
Anne Marie Coyle
Dan Rendine
Thomas Martin
Ted Vigilante
James Crumlish III
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QUEERtimes is published by BUCKmonkey, LLC, for the Greater Philadelphia Region's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning people and our loyal Hetero supporters. Expressed opinions are that of the author(s) and do not represent the thoughts, feelings and /or opinions of any person, organization, company, staff member, or any of our advertisers.
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