They should demand of him what they would and have done of any president – greater equality and social justice.
Richard Socarides, the president of Equality Matters, an advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, said Monday: "Mr. Clement's statement misses the point entirely.
"If you are in a bi-national couple that is heterosexual, you get to stay here and work here," said Richard Socarides, a lawyer who is president of Equality Matters, a gay rights advocacy group.
Richard Socarides, a senior adviser in the Clinton White House who is now president of Equality Matters, a gay advocacy organization, said that for gay Americans, Mr. Cuomo was "the only national politician with hero status".
Contrary to the assertion by Jessica Neuwirth, the president of Equality Now (letter, Aug. 30), that President Clinton did not place a high priority on the plight of women during his visit to Nigeria, the president underscored our government's support for the progress of women and girls in Nigeria in several ways.
"We want courts in this country to recognize that girls from countries where the practice of female genital mutilation takes place are at risk and that their mothers are very likely not going to be able to protect them," said Jessica Neuwirth, a lawyer who is president of Equality Now.
Jessica Neuwirth, the president of Equality Now, asks that the voices of Afghan women be heard in their plea for "recognition of and respect for the rights of women" when donor governments meet in Tokyo to commit reconstruction money to Afghanistan (letter, Jan . 17.
Did the sixteenth president mean equality the way most of us do in the present?
Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters, responded to Mr. Clement's assertion that lawyers should defend unpopular opinions: "Mr. Clement's statement misses the point entirely.
