Homosexual group gives Feinstein ‘pink brick’

SAN FRANCISCO (BP)—Many homosexuals feel that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has let them down, and they’re letting her know it.

Feinstein, a Democrat and a prominent social liberal on many issues, has been given this year’s “Pink Brick” award—an annual dubious honor that goes to a person who has done the most harm to the homosexual cause, the Associated Press reported. The award is handed out by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Committee.

Feinstein was a surprise winner, considering she has championed homosexual causes and was a vocal opponent of the marriage amendment last year. Her offense? Saying that President Bush’s re-election was helped when San Francisco’s mayor issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of state law.

“I believe it did energize a very conservative vote,” Feinstein said immediately after the election. “It gave them a position to rally around. The whole issue has been too much, too fast, too soon.”

That comment was too much for many in the homosexual community.

“There are a lot of people in the community who feel very betrayed by her because they have supported her,” Joey Cain, president of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Committee, told AP. But many commentators—including some in the homosexual community—also said the issue helped Bush.

Steve Weinstein, editor of the homosexual newspaper New York Blade, even argued in a post-election column that the same-sex “marriage” issue ended up “handing the election” to Bush.

“I accuse the gay leadership in this country of putting their own selfish interests above the greater good of the electorate,” Weinstein wrote. “The key to being a good general is not knowing how to choose the victories, but in judiciously choosing your defeats.”