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I’ve been openly critical of Senator Scott Brown’s lack of dialog with the LGBT community. No matter how you slice the demographics, MA has one of the largest LGBT populations in the country so to categorically ignore such a vocal and politically active constituency has made no sense.
Compound his total silence to date with the fact that his predecessor (the late Sen. Kennedy) not only maintained open dialog with the LGBT community but was also a huge champion and leader of LGBT rights. To have such sudden and unwanted silence from our US Senator has been more than disappointing – its been disconcerting.
You may read Senator Brown’s guest opinion in Bay Windows, but if you cannot get access to a hard copy it is also available online here.
In the guest opinion, Senator Brown describes how he approached such important LGBT votes like DADT (by the way his support was crucial). He spends a fair amount of time addressing how much he and President Obama agree and have worked together which is rather refreshing to hear in an age of party bickering, but I’m not won over yet. I’m still unsettled by a US Senator who has treated me and my community like we are invisible and my vote is still firmly for Elizabeth Warren.
BosGuy 
I agree with you. I too am not won over by him. Elizabeth Warren has been a vocal supporter of ours and supports equal marriage rights on both the state and Federal levels.
I do like that he is trying to be moderate . . . but he has more clout than he realizes and could have done more to prod the right into the middle.
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