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All during the campaign for governor, the Tribune devoted a vast amount of print to any gay organization holding a press conference to denounce Congressman Poshard with little or no opportunity accorded for Poshard to respond.
The Nation article suggested that the gay vote deserted Poshard in droves. So where was the payoff for the gay lobbying groups? Ryan was given a cheap grace for his moderate views on gays, while Poshard’s pro-labor and pro-education stances were ignored.
In working three precincts that I helped carry for Poshard, I found very few attacks on his alleged homophobia, but more criticism of Carol Moseley-Braun’s visit to Nigeria, which to me was a nonissue, considering the CIA consorting with the likes of Pinochet. If one uses only a single litmus test, one is sure to be disappointed, as were moderate Democrats who helped elect allegedly pro-choice Republican governor Christine Todd Whitman, who just signed a bill restricting teenage abortions, while this same governor is dipping into workers’ pension funds. All single-issue groups should beware of bestowing cheap grace.
