Lawless Receives Newspaper Endorsement!

Jen has officially been endorsed by In Newsweekly, New England’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender newspaper. Their editorial endorsement reads:

Gay and lesbian Democrats in the state's 2nd Congressional District have a choice - incumbent Congressman Jim Langevin or Brown University Professor Jennifer Lawless. Langevin is a reliably pro-gay Democrat, so gays could do a lot worse than reelecting him. But in this race, there is a stronger and more impressive choice in Lawless.

Langevin does not support marriage equality, while Lawless does, telling In Newsweekly, "I believe in protecting civil rights and I think this is a civil right." (Although, to be fair, Langevin supports civil unions.)

As far as some core Democratic issues, however, Langevin is more conservative. He is anti-choice on the issue of abortion rights and Lawless has been critical of Langevin's initial support of the Patriot Act.

Over the past six years, Langevin has largely been a go-along-to-get-along Democrat, instead of an advocate for the gay community. Lawless promises to be such an advocate.

Jen is and always will a strong, outspoken advocate on issues from the war in Iraq, to a woman's right to choose, to the right to privacy, to real marriage equality. It's time for a real Democrat in Rhode Island's 2nd District!