I'm not sure how many folks read this blog, but I thought I would bring it to your attention and add Monica's comments.
She is right on with this comment:
He apologizes now for his statements in 2005 and 2006, but what he wrote makes it difficult to accept, especially when his most recent volunteer work is raising funds for the Human Rights Campaign and he doesn’t support trans inclusion in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Ask me if I'm surprised. HRC (and Log Cabin Republicans, which Stadtlander used to help lead in Missouri and Georgia) are the two largest LG(b) organizations that still won’t support a fully inclusive ENDA, even when the new President-elect does.
For what it's worth, like all communities the LBGT has no one spokesperson, however I can say Monica speaks for me regarding the disconnect with ENDA. I remain disappointed by any "equality" organization or person that would quite deliberately set out to exclude anyone.
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Does Charlie also apologize for voting and supporting George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004?
How can Democrats support and work for Charlie Stadtlander when he has a past history of supporting and funding Republicans?
I noticed on his website the number of Democratic LGBT activists that are on his team. Have they sacrificed their progressive leanings to support a candidate who believes in exclusion?
Pete S... I guess you'd have to ask them..
However, I will go out on a limb here and assume that they will remind you that this race is *cough* non partisan.
Whatever, he's Keith Gross without all the money in my opinion.
This guy represents all that is bad in nonpartisan and partisan politics.
I read the article in Project Q and my opinion is that Charlie Stadtlander will say anything to advance his own cause - himself.
The biggest joke of a comment which really illustrates how this guy will say anything and thinks he completely awesome is: "Every election I have voted in Georgia, I pulled the Democratic lever.”
Excuse us Charlie, but you just moved to Atlanta 2 years which means you only voted in 1 election where you pulled the Democratic lever. That would be the 2008 primary election. BTW: Georgia doesn't actually have "levers".
Charlie Stadtlander votes for Democrats in July 2008 (according to him) and then continues to have a Purple Party in August 2008 claiming he is the VP of the Log Cabin Republicans? Is this guy a pathological liar, has an inferiority complex, or is it that he is just smug and not trustworthy?
As a resident of City Council 6, this guy will not get my vote and as a Democrat he will not get my money.
Count this activist as NOT on that train. Too bad i live in Natalyn's district (keepin the Atlanta/DeKalb real)
"I noticed on his website the number of Democratic LGBT activists that are on his team. Have they sacrificed their progressive leanings to support a candidate who believes in exclusion?"
Do you think realpolitik in any way plays into this? After all, most top Democrats do not support marriage equality and yet there is a strategic sense in supporting them (although the really, really blue state ones have no excuse).
I doubt it, there's not actualy strategy to put marriage into play and the Atl City COuncil bears nothing on the issue.
Unlike a lot of other states our size, our cities hold no real legislative power at all from a state or policy perspective.
Most of their power is inside their border-only, and even then is hampered, see Living Wage Georgia for examples.
"realpolitik"
hilarious.
Yeah, well, that's because they passed a law making living wage ordinances illegal.