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Loading ...Cyndi Lauper, Barney Frank, others, urge: Vote for Obama
“Don’t vote insane,” Cyndi Lauper said from Denver’s Fillmore theater Tuesday night. “As my friend Rosie O’Donnell says, ‘Listen to mama, vote for Obama; John McCain, same, same, same.”
At every LGBT event this week at the Democratic National Convention, gay leaders and friends had the same message: If you want marriage, an end to the military ban, and an anti-discrimination employment bill, you must vote Obama.There was Barney Frank: “If Barack Obama wins and we pick up a few Senate and House seats, we will remove absolutely every legal expression of prejudice against us at the Federal level. Be part of it, so you can say you were there when we broke the back of bigotry.”
There was Howard Dean: “If we elect Barack Obama, we’ll get everything. Some people think that there’s no reason to vote, that the candidates are the same. But that’s a fallacy. If McCain wins, we get four more years of George W. Bush. ”
There was Sue Lovell, of Texas, a member of the Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Steering Committee for Hillary Clinton’s campaign: “I am a superdelegate. I supported Hillary. But people in my state look to me to be a leader. to vote for John McCain – to not vote for Barack Obama – is like the chickens voting for Col. Sanders.”
There was Melissa Etheridge: “It’s a dangerous thing that the media is focusing on, that the party is divided between Hillary and Obama. It’s not true. We have worked too hard not to be united fully behind Obama.”
Over the past few days, speakers have rattled off facts. Barney Frank said John McCain voted to impeach Bill Clinton and that “he’s not a friend of the Clintons and not a friend of the community.” Several speakers noted that McCain has never voted for a gay-friendly bill – including the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act.
GLBT leaders felt it was important to clarify the differences between Obama and McCain because anecdotal evidence suggests that many GLBT people are undecided about whom they will vote for in November.
The campaign is concerned, too – today they released a document to the press comparing Obama and McCain’s take on gay issues. Read a document from the campaign on Obama’s commitment to equality.
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I would appreciate a reference to a reputable news source for your declaration that Senator Obama supports the North American Union. Even if this were fact it would not necessarily be detrimental to LGBT individuals and families. If we were to make progress in this country then you would have two-thirds of the governments of the illusory NAU supportive of us and our families.
You make some valid points, Rodney, but your logic falls apart. By your logic gay people cannot vote for anyone for president until we get a candidate that is 100% pro same-sex marriage equality. There are two built-in reality checks here: 1. It is rare that we ever get exactly what we want and exactly the way we want it. We often have to take a piece at a time. Refer to the civil rights struggles of Native Americans and blacks in the U.S. for innumerable examples. 2. Those who choose not to participate in the election of their government certainly have the right to complain, just as those of us who make a choice believing things will get better based on our choice have the right to ignore the whining of those that don’t bother to try.
Well, Bud, he said it! He used the word “gay” in his speech. I’ll see you at the polls!
Please tell me you are not using Wikipedia as reference material? You do realize it is truth by consensus? If no challenges information it stands, hardly a credible place to get any kind of controvercial information.