October 10 – November 5, 2007

Quotes of the Week:

“No civil rights movement has left part of its community behind as it moved forward, and we’re not about to be the first one to do so.”

— Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
San Francisco Chronicle, October 12, 2007

“We as a community are accustomed to gaining our rights incrementally. Issue by issue, not person by person.”

—Roberta Sklar, Communications Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Chicago Tribune, October 18, 2007

“What we are talking about is stripping out a part of our community for a symbolic vote, which in our opinion does not advance the struggle for civil rights for our people. If the goal here is for the new majority to demonstrate that it is responding to a core constituency, passing a non-inclusive bill is not going to accomplish that.”

— Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
New York Times, October 12, 2007

“We’re not going to be split off this way. We’re driven by principle. No civil rights movement has ever left a part of its community behind – and we’re not about to be the first.”

— Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Associated Press, October 12, 2007

This is the first time in the history of the civil rights movement that a bill that does not have the support of a single constituent organization is being moved to the House floor.”

— Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2007

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