Elizabeth Warren and the LGBT community.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

I noticed she wasn't asked by Rachel Maddow in the interview last night (which almost certainly means she was told she couldn't ask any questions outside the framework of her book and economics, which is not unusual, all politicians have these rules in interviews) about the Indiana law.

If ANY journalist is going to push to ask that question it would be Rachel, but she didnt ask and now I wonder.

Was Warren relatively silent on the gay community when she was a repub?

Has she been relatively silent on the gay community since?


Is it possible Elizabeth Warren would struggle running for president (as a Democrat) because she isn't an advocate for the LGBT community?

I am asking honestly, I really dont know.

I was very struck though, last night, if that were me being interviewed you would have to put a muzzle on me to not mention my outrage about the religious bills designed to discriminate.













ps - what is the correct acronym, BTW...LGBTQIA or LGBTIQAP? I want to use the correct one in the future

[OKNancy]

1. She is supportive of the LGBT community

You can google and find the specifics.

ETA: don't be like the others here... know what I mean?

[enlightenment]

2. Senator Warren

doesn't much care to be led in interviews, but if you do a quick search on "Elizabeth Warren LGBT rights" you will find that she has been consistently supportive for quite a few years now. Repealing DOMA, ENDA, same-sex marriage, transgender equal rights . . .

[Segami]

3. She supports the LGBT community...

I’ve had the chance to say it in living rooms and school auditoriums, but I’m glad to have the chance to say it here: No one – no one – should be discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or religion.

I’m deeply proud to be from Massachusetts because the Commonwealth has been the nation’s leader in protecting and promoting equality – from marriage equality to the recently passed Transgender Equal Rights Bill. Congress and the President have also recently taken historic steps forward in promoting the cause of fairness and equality: the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hates Crimes Prevention Act and – after years of effort – the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

We’ve made extraordinary progress, but there is still much to do.


http://bluemassgroup.com/2011/12/protecting-and-promoting-equality/

Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren showed her unequivocal support for gay rights Thursday. In an op-ed on the blog Blue Mass Group, Warren praised the progress made so far, but advocated for full equality for LGBT people. "This is our moment in history," she wrote. "We must decide what kind of people we are and what kind of nation we are going to build."

Warren called for a repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law against recognizing same-sex marriage, which has been legal in the state of Massachusetts since 2004. "As other states grapple with whether to support marriage equality, I'm ready to move to the next step: End the two-tiered system created by the Defense of Marriage Act," she wrote. "Our federal government should not be in the business of selecting which married couples it supports and which it treats with contempt."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/elizabeth-warren-2012-gay-rights-lgbt_n_1152201.html

[AtomicKitten]

4. Asked and answered.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026434821

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11378704

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002457433

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11371306

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/12/gay-blood-ban-senators-letter-elizabeth-warren

[DonViejo]

5. Rachel may not have discussed the Senator running for President because

she feels the question has been asked, answered and she wanted to explore other newsworthy angles with the Senator.

[CTyankee]

6. Please read her book "A Fighting Chance." You will come away amazed...

she is fantastic. I loved that book...couldn't get enough of it!

[Yavin4]

7. Warren wants to protect All Americans from the ravages of Wall Street

And her position helps the LGBT, African American, elderly, the poor, the middle class, unions, students, women, working mothers, stay at home moms, that guy down the street with the funny looking dog, etc.

[closeupready]

8. I'll tell you this - I do NOT get where the Hillary love from the GLBT community comes.

Her husband signed DOMA and DADT; he advised John Kerry (in his run for the nomination in 2004) to send homophobic dog whistles to Southern voters; and even Hillary's statements with regard to GLBT rights has been hot/cold.

That said, Hillary and Elizabeth do not need to be at opposite poles, i.e., you can love them both, hate them both, love one and hate the other, have no opinion, whatever.

I happen to like them both, but as someone who was one of Hillary's constituents when she was a Senator, I do NOT want her to be the nominee. For lots of reasons I've stated on this forum before (as have others).

I don't know much about Elizabeth's views on GLBT rights, though I've seen people here IMPLY that she is homophobic, and that they know this because she failed to manifest her personal views on an important GLBT issue, or because she made her political bed with Republican homophobes. That's a stretch, IMO.

[m-lekktor]

10. I am gay and NOT a fan but ALL my fellow gay facebook

friends support her it seems.

[m-lekktor]

11. I am gay and NOT a fan of Hillary but ALL my fellow gay facebook

friends support her it seems.

[LynneSin]

9. I didn't see the interview but I suspect that Warren was there to talk about Wall Street Reform

so why would Rachel Maddow want to waste time interviewing Ms Warren on her stance on current affairs? Ms Warren is neither a Governor of a state nor is she running for President (which she has said that many times) so what is happening in Indiana really would be off topic. It is rude for an interviewer to hijack an expert who is speaking on one subject to start weighing in on something completely random unless it was discussed before the interview that the questions would be asked.

I know that Ms. Warren has shown 100% support towards LGBT rights. So I do not see anything inappropriate. The type of questions you were hoping to be asked usually get asked if the person being interviewed is stumping for some sort of office but Ms Warren has made it very clear she is not.

I'm sure the interview went well and will probably watch it online when I get home tonight.