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Election: Pro-gay Ga. congressmen likely face easy reelection

The Georgia Voice Editors
Georgia
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Congressional candidates John Lewis, Hank Johnson, Fenn Little and Liz Carter

Although Nov. 2 is expected to be a strong day for Republican congressional candidates, Atlanta Democratic Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson are expected to win by significant margins.

Dr. Charles Bullock, a political scientist at the University of Georgia in Athens, had a one word answer when asked if Lewis or Johnson were at risk of losing their seats in Congress.

“No,” Bullock said. “Those are very, very safe districts. John Lewis is an icon. If those two lose it would be a tsunami of biblical proportions.”

Ga. congressional candidate touts ties to anti-gay legal fund

The Georgia Voice Editors
Politics
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who represents Georgia's Fifth Congressional District, can fairly be described as a civil rights icon. A veteran of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Lewis is now an outspoken advocate for the rights of others, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.

Perhaps that's why Fenn Little, the Republican who hopes to unseat the longterm Democratic congressman on Nov. 2, takes pains on his campaign website to also describe himself as a "civil rights attorney."

Unfortunately, it seems Little and Lewis wouldn't exactly agree on what that means.

Little's campaign tagline is "Faith. Freedoms. Fiscal Responsibility," and he cites his religious beliefs among the issues underlying his campaign.

U.S. House, Senate committee vote to repeal DADT

The Georgia Voice Editors
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Ga. Rep. John Lewis voted to repeal DADT

Efforts to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy gained significant momentum May 27 when both the U.S. House and the Senate Armed Services Committee passed amendments to repeal the ban.

“Just like the military helped end segregation based on race, we should have put an end to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ long ago. It is an affront to human dignity and to the dignity and the worth of every man and woman serving in our military,” U.S. Rep. John Lewis said during debate on the House floor.

“We cannot wait. We cannot be patient,” Lewis said. “We must end discrimination in the military, and we must end it now. Discrimination is wrong, and we must end it now.”