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From: *GOProud*
Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Subject: GOProud Praises Selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for Vice
President
To: Bruce Majors <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
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For Immediate Release
August 11, 2012
GOProud Praises Selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for Vice President Jimmy
LaSalvia, Executive Director – “The selection of Paul Ryan is a bold and
inspired pick. Paul Ryan has been the architect of policies that would
benefit all Americans, especially gay Americans.”
(Washington, D.C.) – This morning, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, will announce he
has selected Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) to be his Vice Presidential
running mate. In response, GOProud – a national organization of gay and
straight Americans seeking to promote freedom by supporting free markets,
limited government, and a respect for individual rights – praised the
selection.
GOProud is also the only national gay group to endorse Governor Romney’s
Presidential bid.
“The selection of Paul Ryan is a bold and inspired pick,” said Jimmy
LaSalvia, Executive Director of GOProud. “Paul Ryan has been the architect
of policies that would benefit all Americans, especially gay Americans.”
“Paul Ryan is one of the few political leaders anywhere in the country
willing to tell the American people the truth about the unprecedented
budget crisis we are facing, and – more importantly – willing to put
forward bold plans to put this country back on the road to fiscal
solvency,” continued LaSalvia.
“Like all Americans, gays and lesbians in this country are concerned with
the out-of-control spending and growing mountains of unsustainable federal
debt,” said LaSalvia. “Gay Americans understand that without reforms –
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will go bankrupt. The future
prosperity for all Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation, is at
stake if we do not act today.”
Representative Ryan has been the architect of critical reforms that would
empower and benefit gay Americans. “Paul Ryan authored bold Social
Security reforms that would end the government’s discrimination against gay
couples through personal savings accounts,” continued LaSalvia. “Paul Ryan
has voted to end the discriminatory death tax and for free market reforms
to healthcare that will expand access to domestic partner benefits.”
Paul Ryan opposes discrimination against gay Americans – voting for the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act – and has urged both parties to avoid the
culture wars over issues like gay marriage.
“There is no better pick for Vice President than Paul Ryan, and we can’t
wait to spend the next few months telling gay and straight voters why a
Romney-Ryan White House will be good for America,” concluded LaSalvia.
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GOProud is a national organization of gay and straight Americans who seek
to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a
respect for individual rights. We work on the federal level to build strong
coalitions of conservative and libertarian activists, organizations and
policy makers to advance our shared values and beliefs. 426 C St., NE,
Washington, DC 20002
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