Or at the very least, she doesn't hate them. I wonder what Dobson has to say about that.
As reported by AMERICAblog:
I just received a document from the Human Rights Campaign that appears to be a "gay rights" questionnaire Harriet Miers filled out in 1989 when she was running for Dallas city council. (HRC says they got the document from a trusted source and thus believe it to be authentic.)
There are few interesting things about this questionnaire:
- The questionnaire is from the Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas.
- Miers seems supportive of increased AIDS funding, which isn't a small deal in 1989, especially in a more conservative place with Texas.
- Miers says she believes gays should have the same civil rights as straights. Again, perhaps no big shocker today, but this was 1989 in Texas.
- At the end of the questionnaire, Miers says she is NOT seeking the endorsement of the gay rights group.
- But then why did Miers fill out their questionnaire in the first place? Would a true conservative family-values candidate fill out a candidate questionnaire from a gay rights group TODAY, let alone in 1989 and in Texas to boot?
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A PDF of the full questionnaire, with Miers' signature, is here.