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#1 Aug 16 2011 at 7:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Marriage Equality USA released a chart of where the potential Republican candidates (and Obama) stand on LGBT issues. It's interesting to look at, although not too descriptive on the "Maybe" categories (for example, Obama has come out and blatantly said "No" to gay marriage, but he's listed as a maybe on it).
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Starting in August 2011, a survey was delivered to the office of each active, formally announced candidate via e-mail, web mail, and/or facsimile, and also via certified U.S. mail for which a staff member signed a receipt confirming the delivery. Each candidate’s survey showed his or her latest stand on each LGBT issue, based on speeches made, documents signed, and interviews given. All candidates were invited to notify MEUSA of updates to their positions as they occur, up through election day on 6 November 2012.


Only real surprise to me was how some candidates came out as strict "No"s on some issues, like repealing DOMA, foreign spouse citizenship, or adoption by LGBT couples. I wasn't sure if the foreign spouse citizenship was for gay marriage or marriage in general, as it doesn't distinguish between the two. I also wonder if some of the "No"s are because the candidates don't believe the federal government should have the power to influence the category, as opposed to their personal feelings; however, it seems unlikely that it's the case of the latter for most of them.

Edited, Aug 16th 2011 9:50am by LockeColeMA
#2 Aug 16 2011 at 8:00 AM Rating: Excellent
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LockeColeMA wrote:
(for example, Obama has come out and blatantly said "No" to gay marriage, but he's listed as a maybe on it).

He's said his views are "evolving" or somesuch which is political speak for "I ain't sayin' yes, I ain't sayin' no". I have the feeling that if, through a mixture of fairy dust and incriminating photos, Congress passed a bill allowing federally recognized gay marriage that Obama would sign it. On the other hand, he's not going to put a lot of effort into seeing that bill realized.
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He's said his views are "evolving" or somesuch which is political speak for "I ain't sayin' yes, I ain't sayin' no".
I always hate the safe answer.
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It seems if you agree that same-sex relationships are as legitimate as opposite-sex relationships then all other responses should follow suit. If not, you're either being contradictory or discriminating.

I still think a lot of the deal with marriage versus civil unions is strategic semantics. If the state is going to bestow a license on two people that reads exactly the same whether it be called a marriage license or a civil union license it's silly redundancy but meaningless in theory. Calling the legal relationship something different is simply a tool to make folks feel better about their willingness to keep their noses out of other's business. It's politics, it's ignorant, but if it allows same-sex folks to live together with the same family rights and responsibilities then it's a worthwhile stepping stone to full recognition of same-sex marriages.




Edited, Aug 16th 2011 4:15pm by Elinda
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I always hate the safe answer.

Welp, you'll never have to worry about being elected then.
#6 Aug 16 2011 at 11:56 AM Rating: Default
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Allegory wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
I always hate the safe answer.

Welp, you'll never have to worry about being elected then.


That was my philosophy. I know I wouldn't ever get elected because I would just keep it real and tell it how it is. That's ironic, because people complain about being deceived and mislead by the governemnt, but when people tell them the truth, THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH....Smiley: oyvey
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Allegory wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
I always hate the safe answer.
Welp, you'll never have to worry about being elected then.
You really think that would be the issue that prevented me from elected office? Smiley: dubious
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Allegory wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
I always hate the safe answer.
Welp, you'll never have to worry about being elected then.
You really think that would be the issue that prevented me from elected office? Smiley: dubious


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I'm guessing it'll more about the picture of him humping a My Little Pony doll after painting himself covered in rainbows and glitter.
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#10 Aug 16 2011 at 2:13 PM Rating: Good
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How many votes does he gain by coming out for SSM: 0
How many does he lose: >0
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How many votes does he gain by coming out for SSM: 0
How many does he lose: >0


I think the more relevant point is that this is a liberal organization. They're providing political cover for Obama here. They know that mostly it'll be other liberals and people who care about various gay rights issues who'll visit the site and see the chart. They presumably hope that the "maybe" for Obama will gain him votes among those people, while not losing him any among people who are unlikely to ever see it.

So they turn a lose/lose situation for Obama into a win/win.
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yeah it is sad that the right wing is willing to oppress people to score political points. It is even more sad that left wing politicians fall for it.
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You really think that would be the issue that prevented me from elected office? Smiley: dubious

It was more about prodding you for a comment about the nature of politicians. You seem to target them a lot, and I always think you're pointing in the wrong direction.

To somewhat agree with Alma, politicians only use the means they do to win elections because it works. Being a straight talker doesn't win votes for the most part, and as a candidate if you want to do anything beneficial for the country you first need to be elected.

When people value inconvenient truths over comfortable lies, then we'll get straight talkers. Politicians aren't the problem, people are.

Edited, Aug 16th 2011 5:17pm by Allegory
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Timelordwho wrote:
How many votes does he gain by coming out for SSM: 0
How many does he lose: >0


I think the more relevant point is that this is a liberal organization. They're providing political cover for Obama here. They know that mostly it'll be other liberals and people who care about various gay rights issues who'll visit the site and see the chart. They presumably hope that the "maybe" for Obama will gain him votes among those people, while not losing him any among people who are unlikely to ever see it.

So they turn a lose/lose situation for Obama into a win/win.


As I learned about it on The Blaze, Beck's flagship website... meh...
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Duh Locke, The Blaze is Liberal Main Stream Media Propaganda. EVERYONE knows that. Smiley: oyvey
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gbaji wrote:
I think the more relevant point is that this is a liberal organization. They're providing political cover for Obama here. They know that mostly it'll be other liberals and people who care about various gay rights issues who'll visit the site and see the chart. They presumably hope that the "maybe" for Obama will gain him votes among those people, while not losing him any among people who are unlikely to ever see it.

Yeah, the repeal of DADT and the administration's stance on DOMA wasn't enough; people who care about it need a "maybe" to vote for him over Bachmann and a chart viewed by 250 people will do just the trick Smiley: rolleyes

Quick! A liberal conspiracy! Get it!!
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yeah it is sad that the right wing is willing to oppress people to score political points. It is even more sad that left wing politicians fall for it.


Wait! So any time a special interest group writes down a list of political changes they want, we get to say that any politician who disagrees with them is "oppressing people"? That's a funny bit of linguistic twisting going on right there!
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Yeah, the repeal of DADT and the administration's stance on DOMA wasn't enough; people who care about it need a "maybe" to vote for him over Bachmann and a chart viewed by 250 people will do just the trick Smiley: rolleyes


You tell me. Those other items also appear on the chart, right? So apparently they do think that a "maybe" in the Marriage column would help. Sure looks like they just didn't want to see a "no" anywhere next to Obama. Perhaps if I were wearing Liberal tinted glasses, I'd see things differently though!
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#19 Aug 16 2011 at 6:08 PM Rating: Good
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Iron Chef Olorinus wrote:
yeah it is sad that the right wing is willing to oppress people to score political points. It is even more sad that left wing politicians fall for it.


Wait! So any time a special interest group writes down a list of political changes they want, we get to say that any politician who disagrees with them is "oppressing people"? That's a funny bit of linguistic twisting going on right there!


I read that three times as "opposing people" and wondered what else you'd call them.
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You tell me.

I did. I rolled my eyes and laughed at you.

Maybe the issue is that the laughter was implicit. Here ya go: Smiley: laugh
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You tell me.

I did. I rolled my eyes and laughed at you.


I've noticed that this is your normal response when you realize you don't have a legitimate response.

As I said, those other issues are on the damn chart Joph. If, as you suggest, people would find that his positions on those things more than balance out a "no" answer on gay marriage, then that wouldn't be a reason to put "maybe" there, right? Your entire answer just makes no sense at all.
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I've noticed that this is your normal response when you realize you don't have a legitimate response.

I've noticed this is your normal response when you just said something stupid, got laughed at and then start to throw a princess hissy that everyone thinks what you said was stupid.

Then ***** about how you didn't get a "legitimate response" which only means "One where I'll agree that it was stupid but since I'll never do this, no response will ever be 'legitimate'."

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Your entire answer just makes no sense at all.

In the context of your liberal conspiracy hysteria? Of course not. When you all have is a tissue, every problem is a liberal conspiracy to cry about.
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I've noticed this is your normal response when you just said something stupid, got laughed at and then start to throw a princess hissy that everyone thinks what you said was stupid.

Then ***** about how you didn't get a "legitimate response" which only means "One where I'll agree that it was stupid but since I'll never do this, no response will ever be 'legitimate'."


This. So much.
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Allegory wrote:

To somewhat agree with Alma, politicians only use the means they do to win elections because it works. Being a straight talker doesn't win votes for the most part, and as a candidate if you want to do anything beneficial for the country you first need to be elected.

When people value inconvenient truths over comfortable lies, then we'll get straight talkers. Politicians aren't the problem, people are.

Edited, Aug 16th 2011 5:17pm by Allegory


Exactly...Furthermore, until that time comes, we will always be stuck with Republicans vs Democrats as a "real" 3rd party will never gain the amount of support to be competitive.
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Allegory wrote:

To somewhat agree with Alma, politicians only use the means they do to win elections because it works. Being a straight talker doesn't win votes for the most part, and as a candidate if you want to do anything beneficial for the country you first need to be elected.

When people value inconvenient truths over comfortable lies, then we'll get straight talkers. Politicians aren't the problem, people are.

Edited, Aug 16th 2011 5:17pm by Allegory


Exactly...Furthermore, until that time comes, we will always be stuck with Republicans vs Democrats as a "real" 3rd party will never gain the amount of support to be competitive.


No. The rise and fall of parties comes independent of the change in human nature.

The change is slow though, typically taking more than a generation to form.
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At least in US history, the "change" in parties is a rapid upheaval where one party is largely replaced by another, leaving the country with a two-party system -- just one with a different party. Third parties don't work here because they take their voters primarily from one side or the other and voters typically decide that it's better to vote Republican than to split the vote with a Libertarian candidate and risk a Democrat taking the seat (or vice versa with the Green party and Democrats). There's no magical "Centrist" party that appeals equally to both sides of the divide.
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