Aug 12, 2007, 06:02 PM
Local time: Aug 12, 2007, 06:02 PM
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Pander, pander, pander. It's really kind of frustrating how even still, there is so much tiptoeing around this issue.
I'm not too impressed if Hilary's biggest LGBT issue is to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I do agree that it's wrong to discharge homosexuals from the military, but I feel like the issue has a bigger military sway than it does a civil rights sway. "We're losing good troops and consequently losing the war because we're discharging 9000 people a year..." Perhaps it's just a graceful tactic to appease war enthusiasts.
I have to applaud Edwards for being the most vocally supportive of LGBT issues, even if I don't necessarily like that he ultimately shirks responsibility off to states governments to decide if they want to legalize civil unions or not. I think it needs some national support to really make any substantive progress. But something is better than nothing, I guess...and I suppose it is unrealistic to expect anything major for at least another generation shift or two (die all you old conservative religious people, will you?)
Also, Bill Richardson thinks that being gay is a choice. I don't think I could vote for someone that stupid and feel good about it.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
<@a_lurker> I like zeal better than guru.
<@a_lurker> There, I said it, I'm not taking it back.
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