Cher's the surprise in Jersey

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By JDW
September 15, 2006 - 17:55 ET

Democrats expose discrimination towards gays, apologize, and expect all to be as was in a matter of just a week. How many more times must Mr. Gibson beg for forgiveness?

The democrats booked ‘Cher’ to appear and lip-synch a variety of greatest hits only later to discover this individual to be a man. Obsessed with the idea of public scrutiny, they feared media exposure.

A Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage is upcoming.

Cher's the surprise in Jersey
Alfred Doblin, North Jersey, September 15, 2006

Diane Legriede, executive director of the Democratic State Committee, saw "Cher" walking the hallways, she said, "We cannot have that walking in the hallway." Goldstein recounts a series of comments by Legriede continually referring to the Cher look-alike as a "that." ...

According to the joint statement, the contretemps was all a misunderstanding. If anything, the event forced an understanding of the boundaries of both the gay caucus and state Democratic leaders. Gay rights organizations aren't passive or willing to submit to a double standard of propriety at an Atlantic City convention. And Democrats do not want to alienate a key constituency weeks before an election. ...

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