I change my mind. Romney 2012! (vote, Congress, wage, enemy)
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Expect to be bashed relentlessly by our resident leftists here. Much like women, blacks, Hispanics, and Jews gays are simply another demographic to the left whose soul purpose in life is to be perpetual victims of society and therefore loyal Democrat voters. Kudos for getting off the Democrat plantation.
But Romney is very much opposed to legalization of medical marijuana. Some gays with AIDS have found using marijuana helps make their condition easier to live with. But as you can see below Romney sadly lacks possession for very sick people who need medical marijuana. So no, I wouldn't vote for Romney in a million years. Since he couldn't beat McCain in 2008, who turned out weak against Obama, I don't see how he can win, anyway.
If you are someone that changes their mind frequently, I can understand why Romney is your man for President.
He will be such a Puppet President, nobody will know where he stands or what his agenda really is but I'm sure in the midst of his term you will find some well placed quote that you agree with him on, which will surely be enough.
As a gay person, it has been very difficult for me to get myself to support any of the Republican candidates, but after careful thought, I realized that Romney is actually a reasonably gay friendly candidate. And I think the media makes the Republican party appear more anti-gay than it really is. I personally know MANY Republicans who have no problem with gay people and even support gay rights, and sometimes marriage even.
Time and again, Romney has repeatedly made it clear that he opposes any form of gay discrimination, and he has even appointed gay members to his cabinet while governor of Massachusetts. It is somewhat disappointing that he supports a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman, but I can live with it. After all, Obama has never said that he is FOR gay marriage, either. I mean, at least Romney, compared to the other candidates, doesn't seem homophobic at all.
The alternative to Romney (Obama), is simply a disaster. I mean, I really don't want America to become an entitlement society in which the people are becoming increasingly dependent on GOVERNMENT. The fact that Obama passed ObamaCare is equally, if not more, disturbing than the idea of Romney amending the Constitution to define marriage between a man and a woman -- which, by the way is VERY hard to accomplish. It requires a 67% majority vote in the House, AND 75% of the states must vote for it. I highly doubt it would happen, especially given that the majority of Americans (53%) now support gay marriage.
So now that push is coming to shove, I simply can't get myself to vote for Obama. He sucks. Period.
I can live with President Romney.
wow, you could knock me over with a feather, i would never have thought you would be able to support him or vote for him. You are making a very wise choice I think.
It is no secret I am not a Romney supporter (or I wasn't) but at least we have a fighting chance to save our country with him as Pres. He can't do any worse than Obama and I truely think he will be much better.
But Romney is very much opposed to legalization of medical marijuana. Some gays with AIDS have found using marijuana helps make their condition easier to live with. But as you can see below Romney sadly lacks possession for very sick people who need medical marijuana. So no, I wouldn't vote for Romney in a million years. Since he couldn't beat McCain in 2008, who turned out weak against Obama, I don't see how he can win, anyway.
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So are you saying we should base our choice on one issue? There is never going to be a candidate that shares all our views if we are honest. We have to decide which one comes the closest to sharing what we believe in. So he is oppossed to legalizing medical marijuana, does that mean cancer patients on chemo should not vote for him?
As a gay person, it has been very difficult for me to get myself to support any of the Republican candidates, but after careful thought, I realized that Romney is actually a reasonably gay friendly candidate. And I think the media makes the Republican party appear more anti-gay than it really is. I personally know MANY Republicans who have no problem with gay people and even support gay rights, and sometimes marriage even.
Time and again, Romney has repeatedly made it clear that he opposes any form of gay discrimination, and he has even appointed gay members to his cabinet while governor of Massachusetts. It is somewhat disappointing that he supports a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman, but I can live with it. After all, Obama has never said that he is FOR gay marriage, either. I mean, at least Romney, compared to the other candidates, doesn't seem homophobic at all.
The alternative to Romney (Obama), is simply a disaster. I mean, I really don't want America to become an entitlement society in which the people are becoming increasingly dependent on GOVERNMENT.The fact that Obama passed ObamaCare is equally, if not more, disturbing than the idea of Romney amending the Constitution to define marriage between a man and a woman -- which, by the way is VERY hard to accomplish. It requires a 67% majority vote in the House, AND 75% of the states must vote for it. I highly doubt it would happen, especially given that the majority of Americans (53%) now support gay marriage.
So now that push is coming to shove, I simply can't get myself to vote for Obama. He sucks. Period.
I can live with President Romney.
LOL you are as fickle as February.
But I do take issue with the bolded parts.
1. Romney supports DOMA.
2. Romney supports bringing back DADT
These are currently the two main gay rights issues being discussed by the federal government right now. Obama is against them. Romney is for them. If you really care that much about gay marriage, it might be interesting to look into DOMA and the DOMA debate.
Furthermore, presidents appoint SCOTUS judges, these appointments basically are 40% of the reason why I think the presidency is important. Given the slew of state and federal litigation around gay rights issues, pre-tell what kind of SCOTUS judges do you think you will get from a Romney Administration and how do you think they will rule on the aforementioned litigation. Furthermore, if you read Scalia's dissent in Lawrence v. Texas you can see he is rip roaring to revisit that one and, if Kennedy is replaced by some one who is more conservative, say a Romney appointee, are you OK chancing it that he doesn't have the votes.
Additionally, the only part of "ObamaCare" that is really at issue is the individual mandate, which Romney urged Obama to make part of the Affordable care act back in 2009.
Other parts of the bill most people like, including ending discrimination for prexisting conditions, a high risk pool, and eliminating caps on coverage.
If you want to support Romney that's fine, but don't expect people to not keep you honest.
Last edited by Randomstudent; 04-13-2012 at 10:40 AM..
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BTW thanks for turning on the most gay friendly POTUS in history. He appreciates that I'm sure.
