Gay Democrat Debate in 10 Minutes
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Pure PANDERMANIA! Exit question: Does Silky remind you of Tom Cruise? From website 365GAY: (Los Angeles, California) The Democratic candidates for President made history last night by participating in the first-ever televised forum on LGBT issues.
The most surprising comment of the evening came from Gov. Bill Richardson, who, in response to a question posed by singer/activist Melissa Etheridge said, that he believed that sexual orientation was a "choice."
"I can't believe he meant that," said forum moderator and journalist Margaret Carlson afterwards. "As someone who as governor wants to bring domestic partnerships to New Mexico , he either didn't understand the question or needs to rethink."
The candidates—Sen. Hilary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John Edwards, Gov. Bill Richardson, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Sen. Mike Gravel-each came to the stage solo for about 15 minutes to answer questions posed by Etheridge, Carlson, journalist Jonathan Capehart and HRC executive director Joe Solomonese. The conversations were broadcast live on Logo (which owns 365Gay) and online at VisibleVote08.com. Neither Sen. Joe Biden nor Sen. Chris Dodd appeared, citing scheduling concerns.
For the most part, the candidates kept to the lines they had drawn in previous debates. All of the candidates supported repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell; all want full civil rights for LGBT's - though the category "full civil rights" includes gay marriage only for dark horses Kucinich and Gravel; all supported rolling back the Defense of Marriage Act.
Obama noted that he has made it a point to talk about gay issues to all audiences, including "the most important speech of my life [at the Democratic National Convention], in my announcement that I was running for president and to black ministers."
Capehart noted afterwards that this was an important thing for the candidate to say. "Gay people often feel that they are separated, apart. This clip from Obama says no, you are a part of America ."
One of the most emotional moments came when Etheridge told Clinton that coming out during President Bill Clinton's inauguration had made her "hopeful"—at first.
Then, she said, tears in her eyes, "our hearts were broken, we were thrown under the wheels of the bus."
Clinton responded that she disagreed with that interpretation, saying that with a very divisive Republican Congress, many issues weren't moved forward as quickly as she personally would have liked. She added that as President she would roll back the "assault" from the President and the Republicans on the LGBT community. "It's been demeaning and degrading. That will end. That is over."
Edwards said that he was wrong, in an earlier debate, to state that he was against gay marriage because of his religious background, and that he felt very strongly both about equality and about the division between church and state. However, he said, "The time for political doublespeak is over. You deserve to know the truth. My position has not changed. I do not support gay marriage."
Both Kucinich and Gravel stressed that they believed in full equality, including marriage, and that love between same-sex couples was just as valid and should be recognized the same as love between heterosexual couples.
Logo reaches 28 million homes. MTV Networks chair and CEO Judy McGrath noted that there was no consumer backlash to the presidential forum; no advertisers had pulled out.
She applauded the forum, saying, "I was humbled by it, exhilarated. It was too short. I wanted them to talk all day. This was a great moment in the history of civil rights."
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Keep it up.You will be the last one mocked, not God.
God gave me a good husband and he is a cop. He's out looking for you right now. I hope you don't have a record.
durelino got it right. I'm a biochem major. I've sacrificed the past 3 years of my life, 60 study hours a week, at least, no vacations, nothing but work. I find meaning and purpose in what I'm doing and how I'm going to help the world.
God had his turn, and for an imaginary being he still did a pretty good job of fucking things up (through third parties, of course). Get off your bible and do some REAL good with your life.
Now go read your Bible.
PSALMS 1:6 For the Lord watches over all the plans and paths of godly men, but the paths of the godless lead to doom.
the same time? cause that is just whacked.
Also people CAN'T COPE with life without knowing God. We can't go through a death without Him, that's for sure and certain.
I'm not sure if you have ever had someone die that you have loved or not, but I have. It's not easy to endure death without God.
You will not believe the evil that is in this world.
"Let those who love the Lord hate evil...
Psalms 97:10
- No offical marrige
On top of that it would be wise to start up a huge and nationwide reeducating program for the so called "adult people" in this country.
Some of you better stick your noses into some books instead of writing down a lot of BS and threaten one another in here.
The Bible says. which is what I am going by,
"The heart of man is deceitful and wicked and we can be deceived by our own heart and feelings."
I follow God's laws and His law is not taught very much in public, you will have to read it on your own time.
Learn to love the laws of God ,because God does care about how you live your life.He loves you and wants you to make good decisions for your life. peace.
no one will back down and you guys just piss everyone off
jeez =;{
"They're the same as other families" BULLSHIT! I can't recall my dad sodomizing or sodomized? How would your dad fucking another man be "just like other families".