Endorsement - eQuality Giving

Friday, February 22, 2008

eQualityGiving is an organization that works to achieve legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) Americans. This year, Fallon is just one of nine federal candidates that have earned this recognition, and he is the only candidate in the nation to earn this endorsement twice.
Ken Ahonen-Jover, MD, co-founder of eQualityGiving.org said, “He [Fallon] earned this endorsement because he is in a close race for federal office and is pro-equality, meaning he supports all the Equality Goals - those rights and benefits that all discriminated groups, except LGBT Americans, already have. This includes Ed Fallon's commitment to having civil marriage equality, which was openly expressed in his famous speech in favor of same-sex marriage in 1996.”

Ahonen-Jover further noted, “Ed Fallon understands that there is no middle ground when it comes to supporting equality. Either you want equality for everyone, or you want to discriminate against selective groups. With more pro-equality Representatives in Washington, laws forbidding discriminating against LGBT Americans can get passed, such as the employment non-discrimination law, adding sexual orientation and gender identity to existing hate crimes laws, and repealing the ban against gay and lesbians from serving openly in the military.”