After “betrayal,” Mixner calls for “federal strategy,” and “non-violent civil disobedience.”
Long-time civil rights advocate and activist, and former Clinton advisor David Mixner today called the behavior of both New York’s and New Jersey’s state Democrats a “betrayal,” in the wake of the New York gay marriage vote – and the impending lack of one in New Jersey.
“Eight Democrats who we helped put in positions of power in the State senate in the end voted against us and not one Republican voted for us. […] They took our money, gathered our votes, looked in our eyes and said, “Count on me” and then voted against us.”
With an eye to the future, Mixner writes,
“What is not acceptable is that we all get filled with fear and start giving away our freedom out of frustration. Separate but equal does not work and those seeking the safety of avoiding the marriage issue should think again. Now is not the time for the timid. Now is the time for an even more aggressive approach…”
Read his entire piece at DavidMixner.com.