Press Release - August 26th, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC - "When Stonewall Democrats work to put pro-equality Democrats in office, we do it with the hope that we’ll get more allies like Senator Ted Kennedy," said Shane Larson, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of National Stonewall Democrats today.

"Ted Kennedy was an ally to all Americans, but particularly to those forsaken by their peers for any reason. He fought to bring equal opportunity to the poor, and to bring equality under the law to women and racial minorities. And he was an uncompromising champion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

"It is the last of those that makes him a hero to the LGBT community, but it is all of them together that make him one of the most heroic Senators in our memories.

"And to all of us who have lost an icon and a champion and a hero today, and fear the consequences of his passing, Kennedy’s words from the 1980 Democratic Convention are a comfort:

"“For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” "

Contact:

Jenna Lowenstein, Cell: 973-769-4538, jlowenstein@stonewalldemocrats.org

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