31% of gays/bisexuals voted for Republican House candidates - a record high (parties, economy)
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Although the right wingers on this board consider Scott Brown, Mark Kirk, George Voinovich, and the ladies from Maine to be "RINOs", and Lisa Murkowski is now an independent....
This thread is from early November. I was referring to an earlier vote on the repeal of DADT.
You can bet that idiot Harry and his trusty witch Nancy are going to claim they saved the entire homosexual world because they single handedly eliminated DADT when it comes time for elections to roll around. They only do that crap because they know that stereotypically gays vote for Democrats but facts show that neither party gives a damn about the gay community or their rights just like the black community.
VERY Well said and so very much TRUE!!! REP+1 to you!!
If you know what you know then prove it. Even a Democrat haven like CA voted against gay marriage, the black community which votes overwhelmingly Democrat (another stupid situation) fights against gay rights all the time. There are huge blocks of Democratic voters who would love to see DADT put back in place and would love to ban gay marriage.
Where are these "huge blocs" (it's blocs, not "blocks") of Dem voters that would favor repeal of DADT. Most of the reports that I've read show strong approval of the repeal, even moreso amongst Dems naturally. Even some of the conservative posters in this forum have been in support of repeal. People that read more about current events usually are more informed and know how to spell simple words.
Exactly, why should gay people vote for Democrats over Republicans when neither group helps them gain their rights?
That's ridiculous. Anyone who knows anything about politics is aware of the fact that Democrats are, by far, more supportive of gay issues than Republicans.
A quick glance at the Human Rights Campaign's Congressional scorecard makes this obvious:
Wow. I can't agree at all. Every Republican Senator voted against the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, while nearly every Democrat voted for repeal. I agree that we should vote for the person and party that represents our best interests, but I'm not sure how anyone can argue that Republicans are more supportive of gays than Democrats.
Well maybe DADT just isn't as big of a deal as the gay community would have us believe .. I mean, for most gays, their sexual orientation is really no ones business in the first place, so why even bother with it?
Well maybe DADT just isn't as big of a deal as the gay community would have us believe .. I mean, for most gays, their sexual orientation is really no ones business in the first place, so why even bother with it?
I think the repeal of DADT was a very big deal for most gays, especially those who want to serve in the military.
Geroge W. Bush was the first President to support civil unions.
Oregon and California voted against gay marriage. It was around 80% against.
What democrats do is talk about gay rights in public and try and say republicans are anti-gay. Then when they are in the voting booth and no one is looking, democrats show their true colors. They hate gays.
The preacher of the Westboro Baptist Church is a democrat. That's the church that protests gays at military funerals. That's the real democratic party.
The Prop 8 margin was only 4%. Where do you get 80% against? maybe in a more rednecked neck of the woods? but not in calif. If not for the huge influx of bigoted mormon money and stupid immigrant/black voters, it would have passed. To Bush's credit, he didn't strongly push for a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage like the bible thumper supporters wanted him to. I'm not aware that he ever came out in favor of same sex unions other than to say that they were entitled to nominal hospital visitation rights, enter into contracts, etc. Cheney spoke out more on this than Bush ever did because of his opportunistic lesbian daughter.
Where are these "huge blocs" (it's blocs, not "blocks") of Dem voters that would favor repeal of DADT. Most of the reports that I've read show strong approval of the repeal, even moreso amongst Dems naturally. Even some of the conservative posters in this forum have been in support of repeal. People that read more about current events usually are more informed and know how to spell simple words.
Both bock and bloc are acceptable terms based on how I used the term but of course you'll nit pick the unimportant parts of what I said and ignore the meat of the statement. On a side note, "moreso" isn't a real word.
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