L.A. Gay Center Responds to Prop. 8 Criticism

FROM ADVOCATE:

By Jim Key
An Advocate.com exclusive posted November 26, 2008

In the December 16 edition of The Advocate, writer Ben Ehrenreich analyzed the differing opinions of why Prop. 8 passed at the polls in his article, "Anatomy of a Failed Campaign." Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center chief public affairs officer Jim Key responds to the criticisms raised by that article.

One might get the impression from the Advocate’s article, “Anatomy of a Failed Campaign,” that the effort to defeat Proposition 8 was run out of a small room with five chairs filled by a cabal of gay and lesbian leaders who started meeting a few weeks before the November election, blissfully unaware of the magnitude of the challenge they faced. The story paints a picture of leaders “inexperienced” at political campaigns, who sought no outside counsel, professional or amateur, and who didn’t take the challenge seriously until it was too late.

This may be a compelling narrative, but unfortunately, it is utterly incorrect and disregards the facts.

The No on 8 campaign was led by a Campaign Committee of LGBT and allied organizations -- a committee that grew to exceed 100 members. In turn, that committee empowered an Executive Committee of leaders from more than 15 state and national groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, API Equality, Bienestar, the California Teachers Association, and the Service Employees International Union as well as Dennis Herrera, the San Francisco city attorney, among others.

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