Don’t Vote Insane

As I have said before, how any LGBT citizen can vote for candidates of today's GOP is mind boggling. The Log Cabin Republicans remind me of Jews who worked to assist the Nazi regime, the difference being that the Jews were forced to do so. What's the LCR's excuse? How can the support a party and/or candidates who would if possible recriminalize gays and make us forever less than full citizens? The Iraq War debacle and the current economic melt down make it clear that the GOP is NOT the party of national security or financial security. Just the opposite. That's the question being raised by a number of attendees at the Democratic National Convention. Do we really want our legal rights determined by people like Tony Perkins, James Dobson and Schlafly? Here are some highlights from a new 365gay.com story:

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“Don’t vote insane,” Cyndi Lauper said from Denver’s Fillmore theater Tuesday night. “As my friend Rosie O’Donnell says, ‘Listen to mama, vote for Obama; John McCain, same, same, same.” At every LGBT event this week at the Democratic National Convention, gay leaders and friends had the same message: If you want marriage, an end to the military ban, and an anti-discrimination employment bill, you must vote Obama.

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There was Barney Frank: “If Barack Obama wins and we pick up a few Senate and House seats, we will remove absolutely every legal expression of prejudice against us at the Federal level. Be part of it, so you can say you were there when we broke the back of bigotry.”

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Over the past few days, speakers have rattled off facts. Barney Frank said John McCain voted to impeach Bill Clinton and that “he’s not a friend of the Clintons and not a friend of the community.” Several speakers noted that McCain has never voted for a gay-friendly bill - including the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act.

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The campaign is concerned, too - today they released a document to the press comparing Obama and McCain’s take on gay issues. Read a document from the campaign on Obama’s commitment to equality.