Walking With Integrity: The Visible Vote '08

Thursday, August 9, 2007

The Visible Vote '08

From Susan Russell, President
Integrity USA

The Human Rights Campaign and Logo television channel are combining resources to present yet-another forum with presidential candidates ... this one for Democratic candidates and centered around LGBT issues. Candidates scheduled to participate are Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama & Richardson.

I have been privileged to be invited to be part of the studio audience for the live forum airing tonight and I am thrilled to be able to be part of this opportunity to give visible witness to the often ignored voices of LGBT people of faith.

Here are the details from the HRC website: The one-hour event will be held on Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET in Los Angeles before a studio audience and broadcast live, without commercial interruption, exclusively on Logo’s 24/7 cable television channel as well as through live streaming video at LOGOonline.com. This event marks the first time in history the major presidential candidates will address a live GLBT television audience.

The Visible Vote website is still offering an opportunity to submit questions for the candidates online -- I just sent one in ... give it a try!

"Film at Eleven" as they say!

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