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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Shift on Marriage Energizes Immigration Activists

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that Hispanics are less tolerant of gays than the general public.

"My members are telling me that we need to learn from the gay community," said Dee Dee Garcia Blase, founder of the Phoenix-based Somos Republicans. She is now head of the Tequila Party, which she formed last year with the goal of registering young Hispanics to vote for immigration-friendly candidates like Obama.

"We need to take a lesson from the (lesbian and gay) community with regard to being that loud, squeaky wheel that gets fixed," Blase said. "We need to be more aggressive, and we realize it."

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Expect Obama to "come out" for Amnesty next-he is falling behind in the polls and needs the Latino vote.

Anonymous said...

Stick a fork in Obama he is done just another Jimmy Carter

Anonymous said...

Stick a fork in Obama he is done just another Jimmy Carter

Mitt Romney is no Ronald Reagan.