{"value"=>"<p>Among the topics discussed by Alan Roskoff, chief lobbyist for gay rights bill in the New York City Council (c1978) are: his reasons for seeing Governor Hugh Carey as an impediment to the passage of any gay rights legislation, his opinion concerning the part Carey played in the timing of the bill, and Carey's position on a possible referendum should the bill pass; the probable breakdown of City Council members' votes; the basis of the interactional \"war\"; the Gay Activists Alliance; the Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights; steps to take to get the bill passed; the necessity for intensive lobbying by sympathetic community organizations; the chances of winning a referendum; and the potential of conservative support</p>"}