BY STEVE ROTHAUS, [email protected]
Broward LGBT activists held a fundraiser March 19 at the home of Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Dean Trantalis for Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.
After his five-minute speech, which you can watch here, Crist stated why electing him governor would be good for LGBT people in Florida:
"One of the most important things we can do is get a law on the books in Florida that recognizes the kind of things that President Obama is talking about. And that simply is why not have marriage equality throughout our country," Crist said.
"Certainly, we ought to have it in Florida and I believe that we win this election Nov. 4, we get some other progressives elected in the Florida House and Florida Senate, we’re going to have a great opportunity to get that done, and I look forward to the day we do."
Attendees included South Florida Gay News publisher Norm Kent; Florida Agenda publisher Bobby Blair; Ken Keechl, who's seeking to regain his Broward County Commission seat; former Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti; and Lauderdale Lakes Commissioner Commissioner Levoyd L. Williams, a state House candidate.
Crist’s Democratic rival is former state Sen. Nan Rich of Weston, a longtime LGBT rights advocate.
Click here to view more pictures of Crist mingling with LGBT activists. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.
I am shocked that any gay activists would rush to support a person like Crist with a his long record for actively working and voting AGAINST our Community for years : who changes his views more often than he changes his political affiliation just for his own good and personal gain and who cannot even be honest with himself or us about his own sexuality.
Posted by: Roger Walker-Dack | March 20, 2014 at 09:14 PM