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Topic: Marriage Equality: For
GLBT Relationships
 GOP still plans to make issue of gay
marriage
USATODAY.com -
Thu Jun 8, 7:12 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Conservatives had counted
on the Senate's vote Wednesday on a
constitutional amendment banning gay
marriage to give them a boost, but
political analysts say it's unclear
whether the tally will add votes for
Republicans this fall. Despite
predictions by Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo.,
the amendment's chief sponsor, that the
measure would garner 52 votes, it fell
short of that and gained just one more
supporter than in 2004, the last time it
came up.
Guest: Amy Kobeta
Amy Kobeta is the Director of Public Affairs of the Arizona Human
Rights Fund and Foundation. Her professional experience is
primarily in political organizing, media and political
messaging. Prior to joining AHRF, Amy worked in the Public
Affairs Department at Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern
Arizona for 5 years, and was the Director of Communications for
the National office of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays. She served as Deputy Press Secretary for US Senator
John Kerry from 1995 to 1997.
Amy sits on the Board of Directors for
Emerge Arizona, a program that trains
Democratic women to run for office, and
is a member of the Advisory Council for
Progressive Majority Arizona.
Raised in Philadelphia, she made Phoenix
her home in 1998. She and her partner,
Stef, married in 2005 and live in
Central Phoenix with their dog and two
cats.
Website:
www.ahrf.org
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