I thought this would be a good day to post this article. A week away from Super Tuesday and the day the people of Florida vote (even though the Dems have no delegates at stake in FL). The following quote is from this article about how the current democratic candidates are frustrating some gay activists. An interesting read.
Even as they expect to support whichever Democrat gets the presidential nomination, many activists are disappointed that the three leading contenders rarely mention gay-rights topics unless responding to a question.
“They don’t want to broach civil unions, marriage, equalizing benefits for same-sex couples,” said Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, which supports gay and lesbian families. “The vast majority of politicians don’t lead, they follow.”
There are other frustrations as well. Activists were dismayed that the Democratic-led Congress failed to approve two much-anticipated bills late last year – one defining anti-gay assaults as a federal hate crime, the other prohibiting anti-gay job discrimination.
We don’t need four more years of this:
I found this cartoon drawn by the Arizona Republic’s own Benson. Love it.
Amen.
I guess gay rights is not really an worthy issue.
It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Go Jesus!
It’s an issue that needs attention. This is the nation of the free. How can we allow ourselves to again be less free than the country we split from? We need to get past our uneasiness and take a stand for what is right rather than ignoring it and allowing injustice to stand. All men are created equal. It’s time America started practicing what it preaches rather than hiding its bigotry behind religion.
I seriously doubt Jesus would care.
Also, straight unmarried domestic partnerships suffer along with gay domestic partnerships. That’s something ridiculous conservatives forget sometimes.
Heh. The next random thought that pops up is a magnet we got some friends of ours “Let the gays marry so they can be miserable like the rest of us.”
Final thought: love the Benson cartoon.