Dems Snub Cher

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US News
Correction: Dems
reject Cher impersonator
By UPI
Sep 13, 2006, 19:00 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, United States (UPI) -- A New Jersey gay rights group
thought a Cher impersonator, who happened to be a man, would liven up a
Democratic Party meeting but met resistance instead.

The state Democrats gathered in Atlantic City, which Steve Goldstein, founder
of Garden State Equality, a gay-rights organization, booked 'Cher' to appear in
full Cher regalia and lip-synch a few of the singer`s greatest hits.

But before the impersonator could hit the stage, a state party official
approached Goldstein and -- as witnesses told the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger --
said, 'We can`t have THAT walking in the hallway. What if the press sees that?
What if they report on that in tomorrow`s papers?'

'Cher' did get in a couple of numbers, however, and among those dancing was
state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, a 71-year-old grandmother.

'Cher wasn`t great,' Weinberg told the Star-Ledger. 'But I survived it. And I
didn`t catch anything. I`m still wearing women`s clothes.'

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