Nailing Jello to the Wall: Elizabeth Edwards

Monday, July 16, 2007

My vote for President (no, not her husband, HER!)

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, reiterated her support for GLBT equality at HRC's San Francisco Gala Dinner on Saturday and said that her husband would be a leader on turning over anti-gay discriminatory laws affecting same-sex couples. Edwards also used her speech to decry President Bush's misguided opposition to the hate crimes bill in light of the recent attack of Satendar Singh, a Fijan immigrant and California resident who recently died from injuries sustained during an alleged anti-gay and racist hate crime attack:

"This president talks a lot about good and evil and the need to seek out evil doers," she told a packed auditorium. "But he doesn't seem to recognize the evil in hate crimes. The right to live without the fear of being murdered for whom we love is not a special right."

First line from the book I'm currently reading:

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf

“Summers in Boston were just as hot in 1842 as they are today.”
The Peabody Sisters, by Megan Marshall

“When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begin third grade.”
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris

“It was seven minutes after midnight.”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

“There is no reason good can't triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia.”
A Man Without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut

“My suffering left me sad and gloomy.”
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

“The world outside the window was in flames.”
Blue Shoe, by Anne Lamott

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