It would be nice to see more of this kind of political response to civil rights for the LGBT community here in America. Over in my favorite city in the world, London, the Labor and the Tories don't take their gay voters for granted. If they mess with their civil rights then both parties desperately try to woo them back.
In an attempt to draw some of the sting from Chris Grayling's admission last week that he had some sympathy with bed and breakfast owners who had wanted to turn away gay couples, senior Tories spent Sunday engaged in a charm offensive with the gay community. The affair threatens to be damaging to their support among liberal voters.I'd love to see the Democratic and Republican party have to fight for our support over here instead of the status quo we have right now where the Democratic party uses us then throws us under the bus; wouldn't you?
Gay rights activists formed a "flash mob" outside Tory headquarters where Peter Tatchell and Tamsin Omond were protesting and demanding that Cameron sack Grayling. Tatchell said support for the Tories had fallen since Grayling made his comments about gay rights, while supporters of the "Big Gay Flashmob" protest in front of the Tory campaign headquarters at Millbank said the party had sent "mixed messages on gay rights".
Meanwhile the Conservatives unveiled policies aimed at tackling homophobic bullying in schools as part of a wide package of gay-friendly measures. The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, told Tatchell and Omond that Cameron would consider the case for same-sex marriage rights. Osborne said: "The modern Conservative party has changed and we have real policies to advance equality."
