Reply #121: Exactly

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What I've been saying. It kills me how many LGBT people are falling for Obama's snake oil. Absolutely kills me. The man is a member of the UCC church yet uses his "christianity" as an excuse for his bias. He should leave the UCC and join the southern baptists - I think he'd be a better fit.

True story of why I can't stand Obama and will never, ever, ever, ever vote for him.

I told this same story when it happened.

I went to a fundraiser with my sister and Obama was there (this was quite awhile back - before the presidential campaign. Anyway) My sister is 5' 1" tall, blonde, 95 pounds. She's a business person and dresses like it. She and her husband are very well off and she is very feminine. Buys into the whole strict gender roles crap.

Me, on the other hand... I'm 5' 8" tall and pretty heavy (broad shoulders, big frame, a little pudgy but not fat.) I am a very masculine woman and I wouldn't have it any other way because it's who I am. I've always been this way. When people see my childhood pictures, they think I'm a boy. So that's the setup.

At the party - less than 50 people total were there - Obama listened to every word out of my sister's mouth - looked her in the eye and basically treated her with respect.

Me, he spared a glance for at the introduction and never looked at or spoke to again.

Now, whether that was for monetary reasons - she looked like a "big fish" who could donate lots of money (she and her husband were instrumental in getting whitehouse elected - in fact, this was a whitehouse event) or he behaved this way because I am clearly a lesbian (bisexual, actually) I do not care.

The fact was, he treated me dismissively and disrespectfully and whether it was because he thought I was broke (which I am) gay (which I am) or stupid (not - Brown University graduate, BA and an MA in history and politics) -- I DON'T CARE. That wasn't the first time I've been treated as invisible.

So, my beef with him goes far deeper than the whole ex-gay thing. Why, because I think the ex-gay thing wasn't an aberration for him - I think it was the norm for him.

I will never again vote for a politician who thinks I am less than worthy of full human rights. Never, ever. Look at OP to see why.

We *can't* negotiate with people who think we shouldn't exist. He should know better. We should all know better.