Neither Obama nor Clinton is perfect on this score. Obama campaigned last fall with a homophobic minister. Both hesitated when confronted with the remarks of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace that DADT is justified because homosexuality is immoral. As if testing the political winds, they denounced Pace only after Sen. John Warner (R-VA) flatly declared that homosexuality is not immoral.
Nevertheless, Obama speaks movingly of gay equality, and not just before gay audiences. He has raised the issue among white farmers and in black churches, where the message is both unwelcome and needed.
Hillary Clinton, by contrast, rarely raises the issue on her own, never does so before unfriendly audiences, and seems reluctant even to say the word “gay.”
Obama “gets it” in a way that no previous candidate for president has. Part of this is generational, but it is nonetheless real.
On commitment: strong advantage to Obama.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Obama Demonstrates a Commitment to LGBT Issues
Dale Carpenter, in his article in The Bay Area Reporter articulates perfectly what makes Obama the superior candidate when it comes to LGBT issues. While Obama and Sen. Clinton are similar in their stances and legislative abilities, Obama soars over HRC when it comes to his commitment to advancing gay equality. Carpenter writes:
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”Nevertheless, Obama speaks movingly of gay equality, and not just before gay audiences. He has raised the issue among white farmers and in black churches, where the message is both unwelcome and needed. “
White farmers?! You’ve got to be kidding! What percent of the electorate does the “white farmer” consist of?
OK, I can see your support of Obama, seems how he “speaks movingly of gay equality”; hell he speaks “movingly” of many things (the devil’s in the details). But he does seem to speak in a positive way of anyone whom he perceives as supporting him.
I dare say that if he perceives your cause as being a detriment, he will abondan you.
I hate that s$!t! But hey, that’s politics…use what you can,
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