Posted on 07/07/2004 6:18:46 AM PDT by presidio9
The John Kerry-John Edwards ticket is the "most gay-supportive in American history," a homosexual advocacy group proclaimed on Tuesday.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute says it has analyzed Sen. John Edwards' positions on 13 issues important to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and found that while Edwards was "supportive" in nine categories, his positions were "unclear" in three others.
The group says Edwards opposes a Federal Marriage Amendment, but to their disappointment, "he does not support extending equal marriage rights to same-sex couples."
Nevertheless, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute is highlighting Edwards' "record of strong support for key issues" important to advocates of the LGBT agenda.
"John Kerry and John Edwards make up the most gay-supportive national ticket in American history," said Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman. "But, in order for them to win the enthusiastic support of the gay community, a critical part of their base, they will have to take a strong and bold stand on supporting our civil rights."
Foreman is urging Sen. Edwards to use his "strong southern and populist roots to speak out against the ugly, divisive and anti-gay campaigns being waged all across the country in the guise of 'protecting' marriage."
Those "ugly" campaigns include efforts to pass a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman -- the way it has been since the beginning of time, conservatives note.
Foreman said Edwards should "call these tactics what they are -- partisan, debasing, and profoundly un-American."
The Task Force notes that Sen. Edwards has supported non-discrimination protections for homosexuals; inclusion of sexual orientation in hate crime statutes; ending the ban on homosexuals serving in the military; and domestic partnership benefits. The analysis was based on voting records, public statements, and policy platforms, the Task Force said.
"With the presidential contenders locked in a statistical dead heat, both sides are trying to energize their bases of support," the Task Force said in its press release. "For the Democrats, the gay community is a key ingredient to victory," the group added.
According to exit polls, the gay, lesbian, and bisexual vote comprises at least five percent of the general election vote and traditionally votes heavily (70 percent-plus) democratic, the NGLTF said.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force describes itself as the oldest national organization working to eliminate prejudice, violence and injustice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people at the local, state and national level.
well in that case i am going to vote for kerry! he is gay friendly!! well i am now convinced!
Any group that openly flaunts death by daring HIV-AIDS to strike them, has a death wish.
The country being in the hands of the Dims will be like playing Russian roulette with a full cylinder.
I think the whole constitutional amendment thing is going to backfire. The only other Amendment ever passed that took away a rights was repealed several years later.
No matter how you spin it, it would be an amendment focused on denying certain rights to about 10% of the population. Even if the issue is right, it is easy to spin in the other direction.
I hate when the Pubbies start to act divisive on social issues. An awful lot of people know homosexuals in long-term relationships. They are people who do not flaunt their sexual orientation and they are the kind of person who wants to get married. Not the flamboyant drag queens in New York.
Seems like this might be a good way for the religioius right to alienate quite a few soccer moms.
Been thinking about this some. So we have the Gays, the North Koreans, China, Islamics all supporting sKerry.
"Which one is not like the other...."
Which one of these groups becomes the first sacrifice. How are the gays treated in North Korea, China, Middle East? So the gays hop into bed with the authoritarian regimes? Kind of like sleeping with a scorpion isn't it?
Your 10% figure is long-since debunked propaganda. Homosexuals make up no more than 2% of the population. And of that 2%, the overwhelmingly vast majority has no wish or intention to ever enter a monogamous relationship.
4 percent not 10 percent.
Ya think?
The fact that blacks make up about 12% of the pop. makes it really hard for me to believe the 10% number for gays.
Isn't the 10% number from the Kinsey study, which asked MEN IN PRISON (!) if they'd had a homosexual experience? Can figure out how that would skew the numbers any...
I have some "sad" friends that are on the border. The have mostly Republican views, but are tilting towards voting for Kerry.
I've been trying to convey the seriousness of this election. The are seeing only the short term, and not the long term in regards to the survival of freedom and their way of life.
"Yes the gay couple got married, too bad they were blown up in a terrorist attack"
Should would look good on about 200 Million bumper stickers.
What exactly is "gay friendly"? How does limititations of individual liberty and trampling of citizen's rights merit being called "gay friendly"? I guess it all comes down to forcing their way of life down the country's throat!
But you're right about the constitutional amendment. It's a losing issue for the GOP, at least as far as actually getting it done. First of all, the bar is set (thankfully) very high for constitutional amendments. 2/3 of both houses of congress, and 3/4 of all state legislatures have to pass it before it goes to the president for his signature. That's not going to happen in our lifetimes or ever.
But I guess they figure its a winning issue for the people who are sick of the gay agenda being rammed down their throat on a daily basis. Its basically a way of shouting "Enough already!"
But the big question is ... will Germany and France still love us in the morning?
They won't care, they are too busy doing the nasty with each other to notice. "Jacques, do you take Hanns to be your lawfully . . . . "
This seems like a fairly decent compromise. And probably an appropriate change. But the gay movement will still portray it as an attack on them.
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