Goodridge Plaintiff, HRC Board Member and MassEquality Board Member, David Wilson says "not so fast" about
putting his name on list of support for Hillary Clinton
Well, it seems that I was not the only one to call out prominent, local LGBT's for too hastily attaching their names to Hillary Clinton's big Boston fundraiser last month. Evidently, The Washington Blade and many others have been contacting David Wilson about this too, by Wilson's own account. Laura Kiritsy over at BayWindows wrote about this today.
David Wilson backpaddles in Kiritsy's column as he says, " I committed to the March 30 event (for Hillary Clinton) in Boston but I need to really be clear that going forward I need to explore all the candidates.” Again, as I alluded to in my blog post, "Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Tonight But Gays Should Not Be Supporting Her So Soon" David Wilson and his husband, Rob Compton as the most prominent Goodridge Plaintiff couple, need to be careful in publicly supporting any candidate for President of the United States who, as in Hillary Clinton's case, is not yet on the "Equal Marriage Boat." Clinton, you remember is a "Civil Union" candidate.
Now we can and should debate as LGBT who we think is the best candidate for President for this country, for us, and for our families. Maybe Hillary Clinton will prove to be the best choice, maybe she won't. But my issue here is not as much with Hillary Clinton as it is with our LGBT leadership, spokespeople and power players. When prominent LGBT, especially those who represent Massachusetts and OUR fight for Equal Rights put their names to a fundraiser, they are essentially giving an endorcement of that candidate.
David Wilson and Rob Compton owe the Massachusetts LGBT community an explanation for appearing on Hillary's Fundraising Committee list. Hopefully this time Wilson won't blame Mark Walsh like he did in BayWindows. Mark Walsh's reason for supporting Hillary might have alot to do with the money he and his husband are receiving from the Clinton campaign. But we need to know what David Wilson's reasons are and how he reconciles marriage with civil unions.
Tom Lang , Director