February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
The adoption of the position follows the recent “Unite Ireland” conference held in San Francisco and was announced this week on a Bay Area online newspaper, Fogcityjournal.com.
According to the report, following the conference the city’s Irish American Democratic Club, supported by the Irish American Caucus of the California Democratic Party, took the initiative of writing a resolution that would make Irish unification part of California Democratic Party policy.
“The Irish American Democratic Club is one of the largest political clubs in The City and takes its role as the voice of the Irish in San Francisco politics very seriously. Since the club’s foundation, it has been consistently committed to the peaceful unification of Ireland,” the report stated.
The resolution co-authored by Jeannie Maher, President Irish American Democratic Club states in part that “the California Democratic Party strongly supports Irish reunification and urges both the State Legislature and the California Democratic Congressional delegation to support all peaceful actions that support the final reunification of the island of Ireland [Eire] by all electoral and diplomatic means necessary.”
The resolution was co-sponsored by Senator John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party. It was, according to Fog City Journal, debated by the Irish American Democratic Club after which motion to adopt the resolution was made by “legendary Democratic Party activist” Jane Morrison, and seconded by Joan Simmons, president of the Democratic Women’s Forum.
“The motion was passed unanimously,” the Journal reported.
“The California Democratic Party executive board unanimously endorsed the unification resolution on July 19th, thereby making it official policy of the California Democratic Party. A copy of the resolution will be forwarded to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,” the report stated.