Convention Builds Relationships – Equality is NON-Partisan

(LOUISVILLE, KY) Sept. 28, 2010 – Participants in the first Coffee Party Convention arrived home to 40 different states on Sunday and Monday, energized and determined to pursue electoral and legislative goals outlined during the three-day event.

The most emotional speech at the convention came from Lt. Dan Choi. In his first public remarks since last week’s filibuster of a Defense Authorization Bill that included a conditional repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Choi spoke of love, equality, and determination, bringing listeners to tears.

“Love is non-partisan,” Choi said. “Love does not belong to any specific group. And the equality of love is also non-partisan. … Equality is non-partisan because the priority of our rights and our liberties, as if freedom is some kind of finite resource, is most anti-American.

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I present to you, Lt Choi, via YOUTUBE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

NOTE: I cannot get the code to embed (I am sure it is me, not problems with the code) so here is a link to get you to the 18 minute presentation (from an attendee– “Clearly the most emotional….”). I am sure the fine folks here at Calitics can get it to embed (please?).

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

You MAY need to copy and paste the link.

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