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Title: Are Democrats Throwing Gays Under the Bus?
Post by: Shana A on October 13, 2008, 06:27:16 PM
Post by: Shana A on October 13, 2008, 06:27:16 PM
Are Democrats Throwing Gays Under the Bus?
Filed by: Karen Ocamb
October 13, 2008 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/are_democrats_throwing_gays_under_the_bu.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/are_democrats_throwing_gays_under_the_bu.php)
With just over three weeks until the elections, it seems a pretty certain bet that most of the LGBT community will vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, though with curtailed enthusiasm after numerous missteps.
But electoral support does not mean surrendering the right to critique and hold the candidates or the Democratic Party accountable. Indeed, it is the obligation of citizenship to call out disparities between avowed principles and actions that conflict with those principles. If the actions are not corrected, at least the credit-card promises are de-mythologized and once starry-eyed voters will not be surprised when the disappointing compromise bills come due.
Filed by: Karen Ocamb
October 13, 2008 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/are_democrats_throwing_gays_under_the_bu.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/are_democrats_throwing_gays_under_the_bu.php)
With just over three weeks until the elections, it seems a pretty certain bet that most of the LGBT community will vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, though with curtailed enthusiasm after numerous missteps.
But electoral support does not mean surrendering the right to critique and hold the candidates or the Democratic Party accountable. Indeed, it is the obligation of citizenship to call out disparities between avowed principles and actions that conflict with those principles. If the actions are not corrected, at least the credit-card promises are de-mythologized and once starry-eyed voters will not be surprised when the disappointing compromise bills come due.
Title: Re: Are Democrats Throwing Gays Under the Bus?
Post by: Purple Pimp on October 14, 2008, 03:05:20 PM
Post by: Purple Pimp on October 14, 2008, 03:05:20 PM
Is the Space Pope reptilian?
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