Dems have no place to hide on LGBT issues
Many of my regular readers, friends and colleagues know plenty about how much I dislike what I can only describe as the cowardice of the Democratic Party. I know it probably doesn’t help me much in terms of future job considerations when I blast the Democrats, but I’m doing what I feel is right. The Democrats just need to speak up on LGBT issues. They can’t continue to ignore it.
This from Pam Spaulding:
These folks will use homo straw man over and over politically, no matter how much Dems wish the issue of gay civil equality would go away. While this topic may not rank as high on the hit list as our military boondoggles, corruption at the highest levels of government, the environment or the economy, Democrats telling people to ignore these messages coming out of the Republican Base is lunacy. It didn’t work in 2004, it won’t work now.
When you don’t take a strong position on this issue (one way or another), people in the middle who may be considering voting Dem notice and speculate anyway. It’s easy to be against a federal amendment, but what is a candidate’s position on all these state marriage amendments and now, the future legislative efforts to gain marriage equality as these cases in WA and NY have resulted in punts?
Is it A-OK that civil rights of a minority should be decided by popular vote? Candidates need to answer that simple question, because it’s not a hypothetical situation. There’s really no place for these pols to hide any more.
You gotta love Pam… she knows how to say almost anything perfectly.
Matt, 22, is an LGBT journalist, activist and youth advocate currently living and working in Charlotte, N.C., where he serves as the Editor of Q-Notes, the Carolinas' LGBT news source. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is still continuing to pursue his bachelors degree. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14.
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