Louisiana Elects Gay-Positive Governor

(New Orleans, Louisiana) Louisiana voters elected Kathleen Blanco as the state's first woman gay-positive governor Sunday.

Blanco, a Democrat, was endorsed by state LGBT groups following a meeting with the Louisiana League for Equality. Her opponent in Sunday's runoff, Republican Bobby Jindal, refused to meet with the group claiming he did not have time.

When Jindal received an endorsement from New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, the mayor's advisory committee on gay issues resigned. (story) In a statement the Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues called the endorsement "unconscionable and incomprehensible."

During a debate last week between the two contenders, Jindal said ''I'm not in favor of special classes or special laws.'' He also said he would support making Louisiana only the third state in America to outlaw gay adoptions.

Blanco said ''the real problem is, we don't have enough loving parents.''

She said she had taken heat from conservative groups for meeting with Louisiana League for Equality.

''I had the decency to meet with a group that represents gay and lesbians,'' Blanco said.

During the meeting Blanco said she would work with the group to pass legislation that would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Blanco also told the group she supports legislation that would ban discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students on school campuses, an effort that failed to pass the Legislature this year.

Jindal's defeat halts a Republican roll that saw the party win three governor seats in the last 40 days.

The Republican wave began with the recall last month of Democratic Governor Gray Davis in California and the election of the GOP's Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Earlier this month, Ernie Fletcher broke a 32-year-old Democratic stranglehold on the Kentucky governor's seat and Haley Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chairman, defeated Democratic incumbent Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi.

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