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A women-led political action committee launched Wednesday with a mission to elect candidates on the federal and local level who "champion issues that impact lesbians and their families."
LPAC is backed by a group of high-powered lesbians, including Laura Ricketts, daughter to Republican campaign contributor Joe Ricketts; chair Sarah Schmidt of the U.S. Venture Inc. family, and gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid. It also has celebrity support from the likes of actress Jane Lynch and former tennis champion Billie Jean King.
The group said in a statement that it is "aiming to give lesbians a real and meaningful seat at the table." LPAC plans to support candidates—male or female, gay or straight, Democrat or Republican—that further social, racial, and economic justice; protect access to reproductive freedom and quality health care; and end discrimination against LGBT individuals and their families.
In announcing its launch, LPAC pointed to a series of Republican positions on women and LGBT issues that it disputes, including House GOP members voting against an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act, an all-male Congressional panel on birth control, attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, and North Carolina's ban on gay marriage.
The PAC has a $1 million fundraising goal for the 2012 election, the AP reported.
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This will never happen in my country Malaysia. Society will totaly disagree.
Yeah, and with Malaysia's STELLAR human rights record, I'm sure we all want to emulate it...
Lets see.
Being proud of a culture that creates female door mats to be at the beck and call of men who abuse them -- shades of the 50s and ages before.
Being proud of women with the backbone to stand up for what is right for ALL women everywhere.
Your choice.
Never say never. 50 years ago we had to fight for Civil rights for Blacks and other minorities--today our President is Black. As the old fogies die off, the new generations create a new society.
Good point Emma. Even the battles being fought in our American society today are aimed mostly at relieving the suffering of our granddaughters - not their granddaughters - since even now it is clear that the offensively anti-woman perspectives that EPAC and others fight against are gaining practically no foothold on young adults. We can even compare the percentage of senior citizens today who support women's and LGBT rights to the percentage of senior citizens supporting such things a generation or two ago, and clearly see that injustice won't prevail long-term. Our goal isn't to forestall a sinking of America towards the anti-woman morass of nations such as Malaysia - that's not a reasonable concern - but rather our goal is to hasten relief so that fewer American woman are treated unjustly by society, now.