How people can vote against their own self interest is amazing to me. You'd think self worth would be enough of a motivation. But I will stab myself in the eye to save my face.
Obama ended Don't Ask, Don't tell.
He made an executive order granting benefits to federal employees who are gay.
He has directed his Justice cabinet to work against the Defense of Marriage Act in the hopes that the courts would overturn the law on Constitutional grounds. And if Congress were to present him with a bill granting Marriage Rights to Gays, he would sign it into law.
Romney's 'charity' to the Mormon church provided the $$$ behind the Mormon church's push to end Gay Marriage in California. (Momentarily defeated. Thank god.)
It is the official Republican position to strike down every gay right bill on every level of government : City, State and Federal.
They have passed or attempted to pass legislation to deny Gays the right to adopt children.
The list goes on and on.
What self respecting gay man can vote himself into permanent second class status? How does one get to place where you say, "Fuck me."
What would be so important??? You want to protect the rights of Energy companies to drill oil and then sell it on the open market? Frack for gas and ignore the mounting evidence of earthquakes, methane in drinking water and sink holes? Pass person hood legislation that would ban some forms of contraception, crush the hopes of many who want to bear children and cant, while forcing women to bear the children of rapists. What an odd combination of toxic drinking water and unwanted pregnancies. Perhaps when those fetuses start popping up with 3 heads, will they be one 'person' or 3? And what woman having gone through the pain of a failed pregnancy, have to face potential criminal prosecution? Is the end justifying the mean, eliminating National endowment for the Arts? Add 2 trillion more dollars over the next ten years to a bloated Military budget when we ALREADY have more military spending than the rest of the industrialized powers combined???? Provide more tax cuts to Corporations and the wealthy. Many of whom pay near or zero taxes as it is?
I say climb out of that closet and grow some.
Romney has 0% support of Black Americans. And given Republican positions on things they care about, that is exactly the number he deserves. Given the Republican position on Gay issues, they should be at 0% with us as well.
Vote for at least 'trying' to make this a more perfect Union. All people count.
I know I do.