Republican Mayor Goes Public, Gay and NO on 8
| By Elliott D. Petty - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm PDT |
| Also listed in: Courage Campaign Staff |
Meet Glen Fait, he served on the Folsom City Council from 1994 to 1998, serving as Mayor for one year. The Republican father of two purchased a full page ad in the Folsom Telegraph newspaper asking voters to vote NO on Proposition 8. In the ad, Fait publicly declares he is gay for the first time and believes that Prop 8 would take away his civil rights.
Fait is also convinced that if marriage equality had been law before this summer then his aunt, a well known community activist in Folsom could have been joined by her partner of 50 years during her last moments of life.
This heartwarming story should be front page in the Bee, Times and Chronicle.
Glen Fait's advertisement:
PLEASE VOTE NO ON 8
I have lived in Folsom most of my life. I was given the honor of being elected to the City Council and served as Mayor of the City of Folsom.
As a gay man, I have a personal interest in Proposition 8. My civil rights are at stake. That is one reason I ask the people of Folsom to vote no on Proposition 8.
I also ask you to vote no in memory of my Aunt Eleanor Fait. She was one of the best people I have ever known. She lived a full, productive life of service. From her volunteering to serve as one of the first WAC officers during World War II to her work as a State official protecting the rights of women and seniors. Five books were based on her amazing life. Some of you may remember Eleanor as a volunteer at the Folsom Historical Society. Some of you attended her 90th birthday party. Eleanor shared over 50 years of her life with her friend and partner Ruth Ward. They had an enduring relationship the envy of any married couple.
When Eleanor died at age ninety three, Ruth was denied the right to be at her side. Although this happened because of a hospital mix up, I am convinced that they could have been together at the end of Eleanor's life if they had been married. I don't know if Eleanor and Ruth would have married, if that had been possible during their lives. But they should not have been denied that possibility.
I ask you to please Vote No on Proposition 8 in memory of my Aunt Eleanor and her partner Ruth.
Thank you,
Glenn Fait, Former Mayor of Folsom
Fait is also convinced that if marriage equality had been law before this summer then his aunt, a well known community activist in Folsom could have been joined by her partner of 50 years during her last moments of life.
This heartwarming story should be front page in the Bee, Times and Chronicle.
Glen Fait's advertisement:
PLEASE VOTE NO ON 8
I have lived in Folsom most of my life. I was given the honor of being elected to the City Council and served as Mayor of the City of Folsom.
As a gay man, I have a personal interest in Proposition 8. My civil rights are at stake. That is one reason I ask the people of Folsom to vote no on Proposition 8.
I also ask you to vote no in memory of my Aunt Eleanor Fait. She was one of the best people I have ever known. She lived a full, productive life of service. From her volunteering to serve as one of the first WAC officers during World War II to her work as a State official protecting the rights of women and seniors. Five books were based on her amazing life. Some of you may remember Eleanor as a volunteer at the Folsom Historical Society. Some of you attended her 90th birthday party. Eleanor shared over 50 years of her life with her friend and partner Ruth Ward. They had an enduring relationship the envy of any married couple.
When Eleanor died at age ninety three, Ruth was denied the right to be at her side. Although this happened because of a hospital mix up, I am convinced that they could have been together at the end of Eleanor's life if they had been married. I don't know if Eleanor and Ruth would have married, if that had been possible during their lives. But they should not have been denied that possibility.
I ask you to please Vote No on Proposition 8 in memory of my Aunt Eleanor and her partner Ruth.
Thank you,
Glenn Fait, Former Mayor of Folsom
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