Hoadley Leads Winning Gay Rights Campaign in Kalamazoo

Here's an election result you won't hear the conservatives celebrating: voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed a ban on discrimination against GLBT folks in public services, housing, and employment by an overwhelming 65–35 margin. Leading the "One Kalamazoo" campaign to pass the ban: South Dakota native Jon Hoadley. Conservative "family" groups tried twice to overturn city action before Kalamazoo leaders turned the issue over to voters. Hoadley was able to help local groups organize a voting drive and win the endorsement of numerous civic groups, including some religious groups.

In a year of Tea Party bluff and bluster, it's good to see Jon successfully fighting to take America back... for all Americans. Nice work, Jon!

I Got a Guy in Kalamazoo: SD Native Hoadley Leads Rights Push

Another South Dakota debater moving and shaking: OneKalamazoo has hired Vermillion native and activist Jon Hoadley to lead a campaign in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to pass a gay-rights ordinance in the city's November 3 election. The local theocracy chapter is quaking in their boots, boo-hooing that Hoadley "has the ability to raise a quarter-million dollars and deliver a cadre of national volunteers" to help pass this city ordinance that would prevent landlords, restaurant owners, and employers from saying, "We don't take your kind" to folks of different sexual persuasions.

If Hoadley has that kind of power, he must be doing something right. Jon, when you get done fighting the good fight in Kalamazoo, come back to South Dakota and help us overturn our silly gay-marriage ban. You almost got us to victory last time; let's try again!