February 24, 2010: Protesters hold signs and chant “no more lies” at Harold Ford, Jr., during a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats’ New York City chapter. Ford, a former congressman who’s considering a challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), spoke to the often angry members of one of New York’s largest gay political organizations. Ford voted in 2004 for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and many present at the event were outraged at his appearance. TPM was on the scene…
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Harold Ford awaits his introduction from a seat in the audience.
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Lt. Dan Choi, a National Guardsman and well-known opponent of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, questions Ford on the policy.
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During his talk, Ford says: “I freely admit there are issues I’ve evolved on,” and that “the position I hold now is the right one.”
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Cathy Marino-Thomas, president of Marriage Equality New York, asks Ford if he will work with her to legalize gay marriage.
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The crowd was at times so unruly that it prompted one audience member to yell out “stop acting like tea party people!”
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