Don’t vote for Nick Smith
PrideSource, a gay and lesbian political group, is urging support for Mark Schauer, hoping that he will succeed against Congressman Nick Smith.
We want positive change in Michigan and the nation, especially for LGBT rights, but the difference is that we’re having a harder time making those changes happen here in our state[....]Between The Lines urges you to vote in the primaries for such candidates as Sen. Martha Scott (D), who is running against Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick in Detroit, and Mark Schauer (D), who will try to oust Rep. Nick Smith in the general election, a notorious enemy of the LGBT community.
Against my normal political motives, I will offer the proponents of gay marriage some friendly political advice: going after Nick Smith is probably a bad allocation of their resources. I mean, there is small chance he’ll run for governor in 2010, but does that really justify campaigning against a retired member of Congress? It’s just a suggestion.
Read the full article here: http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=31349
