"kind of creepy and awful"- FTW!
Sally- Please take heed and work for your people. It will cost you nothing but changing your mind, which is free.

I know about Jean Godden - who are the other two council members on board?

What is Clark's reasoning?

It's a "wedge issue," Clark told the Seattle Times. Because... Mike McGinn is trying to drive a wedge between people who support anti-gay hate and people who oppose it. What a jerk, eh?

I fear for the children of our city if Sally Clark halts the vital work she's doing right now to spend time on this non-city business.

Let me remind you: in 1988 the Seattle city council was resolved against apartheid. A scant two years later, the I-90 bridge sank. Coincidence? No such thing.

City. Business. People. City business. Lives hang in the balance.

Damn, the Stranger is some vengeful motherfuckers. Eat your own hay?

@5 respectful applause

@5: well played

Anyone who is making the argument that this would distract from vital City business doesn't understand much about how the City operates.

This would take, at most, 5 minutes of time during Council meeting. The Mayor's staff already drafted the resolution. Most resolutions do not involve public meetings or lengthy deliberations. 99% of them are passed in the first 5 minutes of a Council meeting.

The Seattle City Council: Circus Animals > Russian Gays.

@10: If you want circus animals banned from the city, the City Council is the only entity that can do so. If you want to stop persecution in Russia, the city council of Seattle, Walla Walla and Kalamazoo cannot do fuck all.

@11 - And yet Russian LGBT activists say it helps. Why are you disagreeing with them?

@11 Shouldn't your screen name actually be: "kkk in seattle"? It would seem more in line with your willful ignorance.

@12 Russian gay activists also say the Stoli boycott is not helpful and possibly harmful. I have a feeling you disagreed with them.

@12: So the Seattle City Council should adopt a resolution every time someone somewhere in the world says it would be helpful to them? When would they not do so? Is there a limit? One resolution per month? Which group gets the resolution? Are there criteria?

"poke my head out of this ocean of hatred for just a minute"
So sad.

I shall FedEx Ms. Clark a nice fat turd post haste. That. along with her refusal, will make a nice sandwich for her lunch.

If you're gay and older than 20, you should remember what it felt like when one of the most liberal states in the U.S voted against gay marriage in 2008. And maybe you remember how much the U.S LGBT community was made hopeful and encouraged by international support in other countries when it felt like our own was against us? Because obviously LGBT Russians have it much worse than LGBT Americans did, but I think I can sympathize as far as feeling like even if words of encouragement from minor U.S entities can't do much as far as effecting Russian laws, the point should be doing ANYTHING we can for Russian LGBTs, and words of support help.