Empire State Pride Agenda's Alan Van Capelle on NY Marriage Equality
Here are Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan van Capelle's remarks from yesterday's press conference.
Said Van Capelle: "I just want to remind every single person who says this cannot happen in May or June that if this community stopped fighting every time somebody told us something wasn't possible that we would never have had a GMHC, a Callen-Lorde, a Center, fought AIDS, or have any of the rights 60 bills that have passed Albany so far. And unlike eevery other issue in Albany, this issue is different. It's not a bottle bill. It's not a tax bill. It's not a budget bill. It's a personal bill. And when a legislator has to think about this issue, they have to know that they will go back to their families and say whether or not they voted against their niece and nephew, their brother and sister, and in some cases even their parent, and that's why this is different."
Watch Van Capelle, AFTER THE JUMP...
Van Capelle is a great speaker, he practically had me in tears.
Posted by: Henry | Apr 17, 2009 12:30:00 PM
I'm still not sure what to make of all this. I hope it isn't some sort of circus designed to make Paterson look better. I have to admit, though, that Van Capelle was very eloquent. His remarks about going back to their families really hit home with me and I hope it did so with other people.
Posted by: MT | Apr 17, 2009 2:08:41 PM