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NEWS & LETTERS, July-August 2010
Bill Brady unwelcome
Chicago--On June 29, at 11:30 AM pro-choice, pro-jobs and pro-equal rights demonstrators threw an "Unwelcoming Party" for Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. About 20 anti-Brady demonstrators, and a few pro-Brady people, initially gathered outside an upscale restaurant at the corner of Grand and Clark, where Brady was the guest of honor. Our rally grew to about 30 while the number of pro-Brady-ites remained the same. Every truck and car that honked as they passed by, made it clear they were doing so in solidarity with the protestors.
Extreme right-wing Brady is anti-choice, including banning abortion across the U.S. by amending the Constitution. He favors lowering the minimum wage and allowing pharmacists to refuse filling birth control prescriptions they find morally objectionable. He opposes embryonic stem cell research, Family Medical Leave laws, equal pay for equal work for women, gay rights, and Illinois' law requiring mammograms, pap smears and prescription contraceptives be covered by insurance. Jason Plummer, his running mate for Lieutenant Governor is also ultra-conservative.
Illinois Choice Action Team organized the protest, and members of Jobs With Justice were among the ralliers, along with others outraged by Brady's retrogressive politics.
--Elise
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