Out in the Mountains

   
  
  

Jan Backus -- (not pictured) Vermont Senator from
Windham County and candidate for U.S. Senate
“I’ve been a real strong supporter of gay rights and
all civil rights...I would sign on to (a federal gay
rights bill)...The gay community is politically active
and energetic...I want the gay community’s support
of me.”

“I think it’s exactly what you called it-
it’s Gay Pride. It’s like, ‘The hell with
you shouting at me and calling me
names. I can use this park. ‘I can
march on those streets’...I really
respect the fact that you’re the

ones who are really sending the
message because you do go out

  
   
   

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‘ ‘ ' and you march...
Shellie Faraday -- Pride Day volunteer I respect that, I really do.”
“Come Alive! Volunteer! Join the crowd, join the
excitement, be proud of what you are and who you are! !” Doug Racine -- (not pictured) Fofmel‘ VBITIIODI Senator and

candidate for Lieutenant Governor
“I would need to hear from people in the gay and lesbian
community about what they feel the next step is. I can’t
say myself what it should be. All I can say is if people
can identify to me what the next issue would be
then I would feel that I could be supportive
of that as I was in the past...
“We need to deal with discrimination
issues, violence, and health issues,
but I guess I just see the gay and
lesbian community as being part
of the broader community. Let’s
try to find ways to educate
people who don’t feel that way.
Let’s try to find ways to
integrate the gay and lesbian
community...The goal
is to have one
community where
nobody’s feeling
discriminated
against.”

   
  
  
  

 

 
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Bernie Sanders -- (above) U.S. Representative from Vermont
“In my view, the most important issue facing this country whether you’re
gay or whether you’re straight is whether you’re gonna have a job that
pays a decent wage. And I would hope that we can build a broad
movement which guarantees human rights for all people. Anti-sexism,
anti-homophobia, anti-racism...There’s nothing magic about being gay,
you’re gonna have to go out and get a job...In terms of gay rights, the
basic issue is - are all people in our state, in our country, entitled to basic
human rights? To be treated based on their character and not on their
sexual orientation? And the answer is, unequivocally, ‘Yes’.”

“I am not interested, to be frank, that somebody is gay or
not...You have to look at the issues...In tenns of job creation,
in terms of the environment, in terms of human rights, in
terms of - do you want to continue spending 260 billion
dollars on the military, or do you think we should rebuild
America and provide jobs?...Most of the issues,

in fact, are gay issues - they are American issues.”