http://my.democrats.org/page/community/blog_rss/lifeonq/html Politics from a LGBTQ perspective by a Yellow Dog Southern Queer Democrat. <p>A large protest against anti-gay marriage amendments was held in Atlanta last Saturday, Nov. 15. Georgia Equality Executive Director Jeff Graham spoke to the crowd of about 1,500 at the state capitol (estimate from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution). In his remarks, Graham talked about the upcoming runoff in Georgia on December 2. </p><p>What many progressive Democrats may not realize is that there is also a very important runoff for the Georgia Court of Appeals, in addition to the critical runoff race between Sen. Saxby Chambliss and former state Rep. <a href="http://www.martinforsenate.com/home.html" title="Martin for Senate">Jim Martin</a>. I don't seem to be able to embed the video of Jeff Graham's speech here. I'm not sure if it's not allowed on the new Democratic Website (which is awesome!) or if there are a few bugs to be worked out. In any case, I can't get it to post here--so please take a look at what Graham had to say about LGBT rights in Georgia and what's at stake in the runoff races in Georgia <a href="http://lifeonq.com/2008/11/19/georgia-equalitys-jeff-graham-speaks-at-the-join-the-impact-protest-in-atlanta" title="Watch Jeff Graham's speech on LGBT rights">here</a>. </p> http://my.democrats.org/page/community/post/lifeonq/CTM http://my.democrats.org/page/community/post/lifeonq/CTM/commentary#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:51:29 EST http://my.democrats.org/page/community/post/lifeonq/CTM Democrat in Atlanta, GA Democrat in Atlanta, GA 0 http://my.democrats.org/page/community/comment_rss/CTM/