Sun Oct 07, 2012 at 02:00 PM PDT
Some very specific debate questions for Mitt Romney on LGBT issues
by Scott Wooledge
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/07/1140086/-Some-very-specific-debate-questions-for-Mitt-Romney-on-LGBT-issuesYeah, we know you dislike the gays, but let's get specific about how much.
No questions about gay rights were included in the domestic policy debate Wednesday.
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But on another level, considering the extraordinary progress that has been made of late, the topic of LGBT rights deserves to be examined, precisely because it has been a big part of the story of the last four years.
And voters deserve to know the priorities of these two men who wish to lead the country. Consider how much time Speaker Boehner's Republican House has spent passing bills regulating women's lady parts and micro-managing gay people's lives since midterms. Stacks and stacks of bills, because gay people getting married on military bases is the most pressing issue Republicans can think to address today.
Moreover, how the country proceeds in the recognition of marriage rights for LGBT citizens is not some ethereal, academic hypothetical. It's now. It's happening. It is coming squarely down the pike. There are a handful of cases at this very moment being considered by the Supreme Court, and a Constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act is almost certainly going to be heard in the high court next year.
