Heritage, culture, and the fight for equality. Visible lgbt role models are critical to the growing understanding of the Gay Community in the bay area and across the globe. We recently talked with Assembly Member evan low of campbell about his perspectives on being out in politics. I feel like weve come a long way. I would say that when i first ran for office, i felt a deep pain in my heart when asked if i was lgbt. I personally felt shameful and like i needed to hide, and its because of the experience of other people i stand on issues and the foundation that they have built and the struggles that they have been through to create an environment where i can proudly stand before you and speak as an elected official and proudly as chair of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legislative caucus. We want to make it very clear that here in california, we do not stand for discrimination. We stand for acceptance and love. I think people need to not only be out but to also speak out. Its im
Understanding of the Gay Community in the bay area and across the globe. We recently talked with Assembly Member evan low of campbell about his perspectives on being out in politics. I feel like weve come a long way. I would say that when i first ran for office, i felt a deep pain in my heart when asked if i was lgbt. I personally felt shameful and like i needed to hide, and its because of the experience of other people i stand on issues and the foundation that they have built and the struggles that they have been through to create an environment where i can proudly stand before you and speak as an elected official and proudly as chair of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legislative caucus. We want to make it very clear that here in california, we do not stand for discrimination. We stand for acceptance and love. I think people need to not only be out but to also speak out. Its imperative that we continue to tell the stories and share our experiences with other people so the ind
Biggest cases, we have a stellar panel. [inaudible] and david cole, he is another law professor at georgetown. And the left side of the court the last time did a lot of winning. That happened only on the two mementos cases involving samesex marriage and the availability of subsidies on the federal health care exchange, but in almost every big case decided last term. Justice kennedy was the justice that usually joined this side of the court in those cases and the chief justice and even Justice Thomas occasionally have provided the victory. And with Justice Kennedy key vote in most cases. And the thing is how big will this be. And a fair number of big cases, the court is going to have a choice between broad and narrow grounds for decision. And this is determined by which path the court chooses to take in those cases and we have on our agenda 10 cases that they are likely to hear this term although we may not get to them all. And after they discuss each case, the press will be invited wit
Prism. On that one, they are the only community, the only community in the poll, that had strong feeling about its just their position on that issue is religiously motivated. Now here, we havent done all the analysis yet. There will be more analysis of the data when we look at further demographics as weve done in the past one. But i would suggest that if you look here, just at the democrats and republicans alone, it tells you that there is something of a world view that you have to analyze. Just by looking at the differences on some critical issues. Now, going back to tamars question about attitudes toward the muslim worlds ive been doing that polling for a dozen years across arab countries on multiple issues, including attitude towards extremism and al qaeda. Weve asked many questions originally about al qaeda specifically. There is something to be learned here because initially when we probed about attitudes toward al al qaeda over the past decade and a half, certainly after 9 11, wh
Do they listen to you on the radio . One does and the other two do not. My daughter doesnt care about politics. My sons do but only one of them license. One son loves talk radio , the whole business. Why do you spend this much time on the radio with all the background, your harvard background . I think radio is the longest and best form of media that is left. Were doing hour long conversations. Only cspan does long Forum Conversation anymore. You and charlie rose are the only guys that read books the way i read books to talk to the author seriously. Its tremendously revealing to talk an author these days because they dont get many people who have read their books. I get a great deal of satisfaction with when an author says thats the best interview ive had on this book tour. Just got it from charleston things that matter, his new collection of essays. That makes my day. I like radio , three hours is an adone dance of time and i can do so many different things. Where would we find you si