Comments on: Guest Commentary: Lance Bass

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:14:27 +0000

I’m sorry, but what qualifies Lance Bass to provide us all with a soliloquy on the marriage issue?

Besides, this reads like a canned op-ed ghost written for Bass by an interest-group staffer.

Note to HRC: Putting his name on a canned op-ed should have been only the first of about a trillion additional things Bass did BEFORE you gave him an apparently meaningless achievement award! You can’t retroactively justify the abomination of having him share the stage with Frank Kameny as a co-honoree.

By: nothingpetty

nothingpetty — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:41:49 +0000

Jon Smith- how many ways can YOU say discrimination is just dandy?

By: Jon Smith

Jon Smith — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:26:09 +0000

The Democratic Party is the only reality, and the Republicans are evil and horrible. The Clintons are wonderful. We need government to step in and make it okay to be gay. Christianity is monstrous.

Boring, boring, boring. How many different ways can you people say the same things over and over again? Gays need to get off the Liberal Plantation, where their votes are taken for granted, and really start thinking instead of lazily repeating the same dull mantras year after year.

By: Joe Bazinet

Joe Bazinet — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:45:01 +0000

We live in a political world and politics is the are of the possible. In signing DOMA Bill Clinton was able to forestall the Republican/Christian conservatives from constitutionally forbiding gay marriage and civil unions. DOMA can be repealed by just congressional action. Repeal of an Amendment to the Constitution would have been far more difficult (it has only been done once in our history). So don’t spare Bill condemnation, signing DOMA wasn’t as bad as it might appear on first appraisal.

By: Joe Bazinet

Joe Bazinet — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:36:47 +0000

If nobody has noticed we live in a political world. Politics is the art of the possible. So with regard to Bill Clinton signing DOMA don’t be so quick at condemnation. Clever politician that he is, he forestalled a heated drive by Republicans/Conservative Christians to a Constitutional Amendment forever banning gay marriage or civil unions by agreeing to a law that can be overturned with just a Congressional vote, rather than the incredible torture of revoking a Constitutional Amendment (something that has only happened once in our history). Our time will come and Clinton made that time easier, even if it doesn’t look so on first appraisal.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:25:52 +0000

I say equal rights are essential, but it does not have to be called marriage to make it equal. Legally, government “marriage” is nothing more than a civil union; marriage itself is a religious sacrement. I can live with governmental civil unions if they grant gay and lesbians couples all the civil rights and equal benefits granted to straight couples in “marriage.” Lets not get hung up on words, what we must have is equal rights. Don’t let the perfect become the enemy of the good.

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:05:07 +0000

Everyone should be regarded equally. I mean, don’t try to say that it’s FAIR to let them ignore our rights. Why Can’t a man marry a man? or a woman/woman?
To bring Religion into it is simply unexcuseable. I believe that The Bible has been translated inaccurately, & EDITED by men who sought ONLY after their ideas & beliefs.

anywho, we all need to live in peace as human beings, the smartest, most sophisticated “animal”

By: David Lyle Jones

David Lyle Jones — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:54:43 +0000

It is important to understand that for a political candidate to preach the issue of equality and does not support the issue of gay mairage is a hippocrate. The issue of mairage, even in a religious context, is a contract between two people under the eye’s of god. Therefore there is no reason any candidate should not support it. Equality for us is the issue that we need to stand on regarding mairage, healthcare, and immigration; and those are the issues that we need to make sure “our” candidates do not just give us lip service but truely believe in those issues.

By: T. Robinson

T. Robinson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:11:30 +0000

Although I am not gay and do not understand the problems the community faces, I do hold gay rights as one of my top priorities. It shames me to know that a country that was formed on the basis of freedom can be so completely close minded. This issue is such a complex one in the eyes of political leaders. It should not be…the answer is quite simple. Frankly I do not think marriages should be granted by the government…straight or gay. Civil unions should be given to anyone on the governmental level, and if a marriage is sought out it can be granted by the church. I have no sort of religious affiliation and would be completely satisfied if my husband and I were granted a civil union and no marriage. It is an easy way to pull religion out of the topic and grant everyone equal rights. I am tired of these religious “bible beaters” out there that sit in their comfortable homes and pass judgement on people. There are so many things that affect who we are, and until they can see what it is like to be in love with someone and not be able to be with them forever they have no right to say it is wrong. If I were not allowed to be with my husband and touch him and have him hold me my life would fall apart. People should be allowed to live a harmless life without judgement.