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generalbetrayus
(698 posts)from the Human Rights Campaign:
"I hope you heard the incredible news — Vice President Kamala Harris selected Governor Tim Walz as her running mate! Just think what a Harris-Walz administration would mean for LGBTQ+ people!
Governor Tim Walz is a career-long champion for LGBTQ+ people. In 1999, as a history teacher and football coach, Walz sponsored his school’s first gay-straight alliance student group. He opposed efforts to ban same-sex marriage in the Minnesota constitution. While serving in Congress, he co-sponsored legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, voted to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, voted for the Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and introduced legislation to protect LGBTQ+ service members from discrimination in benefits. As Governor, Tim Walz signed an executive order banning the dangerous practice of “conversion therapy” in Minnesota.
And Kamala Harris has been our champion for decades. Together, she and Governor Walz would be an unstoppable force that would advance our rights — and ensure our children have the future they deserve!"
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