tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post6673134760082600405..comments2024-03-05T23:31:44.106-08:00Comments on Gay Family Values: With Friends like These...GFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-5964713745636398062012-01-04T14:49:32.507-08:002012-01-04T14:49:32.507-08:00The Dem's allegience is to the Party, not to g...The Dem's allegience is to the Party, not to glbt interests. The Party -- not families who donate -- deals out six-figure appointments and lucrative grants. Allowing one's vote to be taken for granted guarantees inaction on the issues you care about. Both parties fight over the Cuban and other Hispanic votes because, depending on the year and the presentation, it can go either way. Unfortunately, self-appointed leaders, such as HRC, are rewarded for delivering block votes to Dems, not for changing lives for the better. Most glbt organizations go postal when a Republican stands up for an equality issue because this screws up their fund-raising playbook and threatens to lower the percentage of votes they can guarantee to party bosses. Change is not good when you rely on donations for your lifestyle. I know it's not this simple; however, many movers and shakers in the non-profit world have one true agenda: great seats at an Awards Dinner and the chance to have drinks with a celebrity. ;)SedonaMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698584076777189601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-10065226598608866512009-12-20T08:32:22.958-08:002009-12-20T08:32:22.958-08:00@Coconut, case in point! I've been saying that...@Coconut, case in point! I've been saying that Obama is a coward for a while now: he's completely happy with being the first black President, so he doesn't feel the need to be the one that freed the gays, though it would be poetic because some other President so many decades ago freed the blacks. I guess, he doesn't have what it takes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-68784845576633146482009-12-20T08:19:35.327-08:002009-12-20T08:19:35.327-08:00Their inaction makes sense, when you consider thei...Their inaction makes sense, when you consider their goal: They want to keep their high paying job. If they don't hurt any bigot's feelings, then they'll get reelected.<br />For things to actually work out, you need people who actually care enough to take the risk of becoming unpopular. A real leader takes risks and gets things done.Coconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-78582695957816337762009-12-19T20:20:50.933-08:002009-12-19T20:20:50.933-08:00The electorate in America isn't sufficiently l...The electorate in America isn't sufficiently left-leaning (the enormity of the Moral Majority, and other large right-wing religious and non-religious groups ensures that) to allow a lot of your politicians to challenge the status quo as much as many democrat supporters would like. It breaks my heart that your government is run by a two-party system of politics, and even moreso that your electorate is so evenly split... the rivalry between the parties is only matched by their desperation to gain another thousand votes.<br /><br />Those thousand votes may like to hear that they will one day be allowed to openly joint he military (homosexuals). But another thousand votes would be pushed away if homosexual equality was put at the forefront of the agenda, because they are on-the-fence on the issue, and people tend to be conservative rather than liberal in their voting behaviour when they are unsure.<br /><br />The democrats know that they will not lose the voting support of homosexuals. For exactly the reason that Bryan pointed out, "I hate to not support Democrats, knowing what the other guys are likely to do with us..."<br /><br />Homosexuals are to the democrats what the mainstream protestant American church is to the republicans.<br /><br />Pull your support - all of it - and perhaps the democrats will miss your support, and lose a couple important elections. But we all know, including the leaders of the democrats, that you don't want the other guys in. <br /><br />And we all know that, despite being a justice issue, there are far too many fence-sitters in most of the world to push this when party support is so evenly split.<br /><br />Breaks my heart, Democracy. It breaks my heart.canadianhumilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765821265373068860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-16795668811767977832009-12-18T23:55:58.946-08:002009-12-18T23:55:58.946-08:00Isn't their supposed willingness to tackle tou...Isn't their supposed willingness to tackle tough issues like this why Obama and all these Dems were voted into office? Shouldn't they be more worried that they're NOT tackling these issues? It sure would be nice to have a realistic third option.Noelley Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07102790164453291081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-70559970893230648532009-12-18T08:23:30.336-08:002009-12-18T08:23:30.336-08:00No Jim, I think your just expecting them to do the...No Jim, I think your just expecting them to do the job they were elected to do and actually work for the needs of the publicGay Family Valueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878604046112822991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-79223192708762865222009-12-17T14:34:47.931-08:002009-12-17T14:34:47.931-08:00Perhaps I am looking at life through rose colored ...Perhaps I am looking at life through rose colored glasses but I think that people would be more apt to vote for someone that DID stick their neck out for human rights. I would say to the freshman class.."GO FOR IT!"" Maybe there is a new leader there in the class instead of the wishy-washy representatives we have now.<br /><br />Or, am I just being delusional???Jim Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387924451130690320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-75312030799150195042009-12-17T14:03:45.101-08:002009-12-17T14:03:45.101-08:00Why are they all so afraid of being singled out by...Why are they all so afraid of being singled out by a fundamentalist backlash? They need to grow some balls. Either that or people need to start seeing through the lies that accompany a christian backlash.<br /><br />Why would she say something like "won't stick our necks out" in public. She does know she is a legeslator?Orangegoblin82noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-48556007108253925062009-12-17T14:03:06.216-08:002009-12-17T14:03:06.216-08:00In New York Senate, 8 Democrats voted "No&quo...In New York Senate, 8 Democrats voted "No" on same-sex marriage issue, and that was enough to lose it.<br /><br />They are no better than Republicans, they are worse, because they lie about supporting us, they lie to our faces, even the President lied, why not the rest of them? When he mentioned gays in his presidential speech (I still have it somewhere on my computer), there was a last hope for me to see what they (Democrats) are made of. Now I know. Thank you, President Obama, you opened my eyes wide enough. At least, Republicans have a decency to hate us openly, and we always know what to expect (no offense to those Republicans who support gay rights, I know there are those out there, kudos to you!).<br /><br />No more gAyTM, as our Anonymous friend mentioned in the comment above!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-84925717702681887532009-12-17T13:53:52.324-08:002009-12-17T13:53:52.324-08:00The gAyTM has been turned off at my house. Not an...The gAyTM has been turned off at my house. Not another dime will go to Democratic incumbents who refuse to keep their promises. Not another dime will go to national Democratic Party organizations.<br /><br />We're no longer paying for promises. If you want our money, show us what you have done for us. Don't tell us what you plan to do. Show is what you HAVE ALREADY DONE.<br /><br />Until you have some actual accomplishments to bring to the table, the flow of money is cut off. Your votes in our favor are not enough. If the bill fails, the money flow stays dry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com