Group of [NH] Citizens Concerned with GLBT Issues Endorse Obama

[jenmito]

Group of Citizens Concerned with GLBT Issues Endorse Obama

A group of New Hampshire citizens, concered with GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) issues have endorsed Barack Obama. An excerpt of the letter is below, only with a list of the people who signed the letter.

Those of us signing this letter have analyzed, as thoroughly as possible, the candidates who are running for President and believe that Barack Obama will best serve the interests of our GLBT communities.

Obama understands discrimination on a gut level. The African American fight for civil rights has been an integral part of his life, his education, his identity. For that reason alone he stands out as the candidate who has the potential to truly understand our own history of striving for recognition and equality.

Representative Ed Butler, Hart’s Location
The Reverend Robert E. Stiefel, Ph. D., Dover
Representative Gail Morrison, Sanbornton
Senator Harold & Betsy Janeway, Webster
Rev. Dr. Leanne McCall Tigert, Concord
Edwin Allard, Laconia
Carol Shull Perkins, Plymouth
David Weber, Exeter
Bill Stelling, Amherst
Roberta Barry, Keene
Carlos Cardona, Laconia
Paul G. Smith, LCMHC, Chichester
Levey Saintil, Portsmouth

http://nh2008.blogspot.com/?widgetType=BlogArchive&widgetId=BlogArchive1&action=toggle&dir=open&toggle=WEEKLY-1182657600000&toggleopen=WEEKLY-1198386000000

[Colobo]

1. Oh yeah! They know Obama will fight for equality!

[jenmito]

2. Yup. Regardless of how some here at DU keep trying to smear him.

:)

[Capn Sunshine]

42. Rep or Dem, gay or straight, there's always a group that want to tell others how to think

Like if you're from the GLBT community you're not smart enough to review the candidate's views, and must accept a uniform viewpoint from some mysterious source that may have a different agenda other than GLBT rights.

That's dehumanizing, it's abhorrent , and people that imply all GLBTs should think alike are about as tweaked as they come when it comes to this issue.

Meanwhile, some people are thoughtful enough to make up their own minds.

Even Canadians

[jackpan1260]

3. Makes sense

to me!

[dsc]

4. understands discrimination at a gut level

Oh my, what an opening. It really is hard to make this stuff up.

[FredScuttle]

5. I'm sure they stand proudly with Obama's "ex-gay" clown friend Donnie McClurkin

[jenmito]

14. You think they're unaware of that event?

It's too bad you're so hell-bent on holding it against him even though he's CLEARLY friendly to the GLBT community. :eyes:

[FredScuttle]

17. Who knows?

It would strike me as odd for an LGBT group to give such a ringing endorsement to a so-called "progressive" candidate who hired a known bigot to headline his campaign event and still refuses to apologize for the hatred this bigot unleashed at the event.

A real friend to the LGBT community doesn't spit in their face while ignoring their protestations when it was announced that this "ex-gay" clown was going to participate in the concert. I don't know why you're so hell-bent on giving Obama a pass on this titanic insult.

[IndianaJones]

18. perhaps this group is "concerned" in another way? nt

[chascarrillo]

24. Throwing gay activists under the bus because they endorse Obama

That's pretty despicable behavior from you two. Disgusting, in fact.

[IndianaJones]

26. To lift a phrase from Obama supporters toward gays..."grow a thicker skin". nt.

[chascarrillo]

31. You are insulting gay activists solely because you don't like their chosen candidate

I do have pretty thick skin, but I'm still human.

[IndianaJones]

32. To lift a phrase from Obama supporters toward gays..."lighten up". nt.

[chascarrillo]

36. Despicable

Trashing gays who want a candidate that you don't like. Despicable. Absolutely despicable.

[IndianaJones]

38. To lift a phrase from Obama supporters toward gays..."stop whining..no one cares". nt.

[chascarrillo]

55. You trashed several folks who've fought hard locally and nationally for GLBT issues

I care about that.

Why are you willing to go to this length to get people's goat? Why are you trolling?

[IndianaJones]

56. To lift a phrase from Obama supporters toward gays..."no one even knows". nt.

[FredScuttle]

27. We were beaten to the punch by Saint Obama

He threw the whole LGBT community under the bus with his choice of campaign event entertainment. We're just calling attention to it.

[chascarrillo]

33. And you disrespect a portion of that community by questioning their activism

That's simply disgusting. There's no place for it.

[FredScuttle]

39. I'm not questioning their activism

I'm questioning their choice of endorsing a candidate who welcomed a bigot who said on the "700 Club" that he's "at war" with them.

[chascarrillo]

45. No, this wasn't calling their activism into question at all...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3974897&mesg_id=3974942

Sad, sad, sad.

[FredScuttle]

48. Well, do they?

It begs the question, doesn't it, that if they are aware of the McClurkin debacle, why are they so enthusiastic for the candidate who handed this clown bigot a microphone and a stage to proclaim "God delivered me from homosexuality"?

[chascarrillo]

52. So you are calling their activism into question. Thanks for clearing that up, nt

[FredScuttle]

64. Hardly

n/t

[jenmito]

35. I have a strong feeling they know.

Maybe you should take off your "hate Obama" glasses and see him the way THEY see him. I'm sure they looked long and hard at everything he's said and done re: gay rights or lack thereof before endorsing him.

[FredScuttle]

43. I don't hate Obama

Not in the slightest.

I hate bigotry, homophobia, intolerance and the "ex-gay" sham movement. I'm disappointed when so-called "progressives" embrace this nonsense all for a few primary votes.

[IndianaJones]

6. Obama understands the moral conflict experienced by gays and ex-gays alike. nt.

[FredScuttle]

7. I'm sure Obama shares his friend's Donnie view that there's nothing wrong with "happy gays"

n/t

[IndianaJones]

8. its a deeply moral issue. nt.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

59. Clinton is very compassionate to homophobes, she gives them $10000 a month consulting gigs. nt

[Maven]

9. Ooh, just in time for the primary election too

I wonder if Obama's people have been reading the internets and realized their little pander didn't just fade from memory?

Now why do I have a feeling Obama won't publicize any endorsements (if there were any) from LGBT groups in South Carolina?

[jenmito]

30. Yes. Just in time for the primary election, duh...

they obviously want him to win in NH! Maybe Obama's people know what many of us know-that he has a great record on gay rights and his voting record is there for all to see.

[understandinglife]

10. Recommended. Outstanding.

[jenmito]

37. Thanks. n/t

[mitchtv]

11. "Concerned" with GBLT issues

I'll bet they're concerned. This list & their opinions means nothing if they are unknown to us. I'll bet the rep is strate and most of the others too(for all I know)

[chascarrillo]

15. You lost the bet

http://www.butlerforthehouse.com/candidate.html

http://www.glad.org/marriage/Cote-Whitacre/Ed&Les.html

"Les and Ed were denied the right to marry in Somerville, Massachusetts after the Attorney General’s cease and desist order of May 21, 2004."

Apology?

[mitchtv]

34. apology? for guessing wrong?

Certainly and the rest? An ad hock group of gays? name? acronym? or just allies. Needless to say they don't represent me. Remember there are plenty of LCR's too. Maybe Oprah can convince me! I feel Gays and the whole SC primary affair were the gay america's Sista Solja moment.We can expect no help, and perhaps interference from Sen Obama.

[spooky3]

12. strange - the same argument can be made for Clinton

Women understand discrimination at the same "gut level."

My avatar hero has well articulated what is wrong with this kind of statement.

I hope they have a better basis for their decision than that, as they imply in the 2nd paragraph.

[annie1]

16. yeah, is that the whole letter? the same can definitely be said of clinton

[jenmito]

44. I don't think so...

as Chris Rock said, paraphrasing, "Back in the day a black man would be LYNCHED for LOOKING at a white woman."

[spooky3]

75. putting together lists of injustices is always questionable

The facts are that statistical evidence is quite clear that women have faced and today face substantial discrimination. Dismissing sexism as somehow less worthy of consideration than racism is simply wrong.

[jenmito]

77. You have the right to your opinion, but history speaks for itself. n/t

[spooky3]

78. actually, history supports my view, and certainly

social science research today shows substantial evidence of sexism.

[FredScuttle]

13. "Obama understands discrimination on a gut level"

I'll say....he delivered a punch straight to the gut of the LGBT community (and straight Democrats who abhor bigotry) when he hired an "ex-gay" clown to headline his campaign event in South Carolina and gave this bigot a microphone and a stage to spew homophobic filth to a receptive crowd of religious bigots.

[Egnever]

21. Do you ever post anything else?

Honestly this is the only thing I ever see you post on this board. Just asking.

[FredScuttle]

28. Do I need to post about something else?

I didn't realize there was a "diversity in posting" rule at DU.

[Egnever]

29. nope I was just curios

please go back to your ex gay clown cut and paste.

[FredScuttle]

46. I will

You, on the other hand, are free to return to apologizing for a blatant pander to bigotry

[rodeodance]

19. Gail Morrison- was a Repug--now Dem--openly gay:

State Rep Gail Morrison- She served in the New Hampshire House as a Republican in the late '70s and then ran for office again as a Democrat in 2004.

House votes down proposed amendment to ban gay marriage - Boston.com
New Hampshire gay marriage activists had said no lawsuits were planned. ... that we experience," said Rep. Gail Morrison, D-Sanbornton, who is openly gay. ...
www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/03/21/house_votes_down_proposed_amendment_to_ban_gay_marriage/ -

[rodeodance]

22. "My partner and I have been talking about wanting to do it the minute it was possible,

http://www.townhall.com/news/religion/2007/12/28/marriage_digest_despite_rulings,_gay_marriage_debate_not_over_in_md,_wash

.....N.H. LAW TO TAKE EFFECT -- New Hampshire's civil unions law takes effect Jan. 1, and same-sex couples -- including Democratic state Rep. Gail Morrison and her partner -- are planning to have a group ceremony on the steps of the state capitol at midnight. The law will grant couples the legal benefits of marriage, minus the name.

"My partner and I have been talking about wanting to do it the minute it was possible, and where else do you celebrate those state accomplishments?" she told the Associated Press. "It's a combination of very private dedication to one another, but within the context of a historic state event, so the Statehouse steps seemed absolutely the perfect place to be."

[hulklogan]

20. Yawn....thirteen "concerned citizens" can ignore Obama's repeated failures

I guess that means all of us uppity whining sliming gay homosexuals should follow suit. :crazy:

[Egnever]

23. Not at all

it just puts a lie to the idea that the whole gay comunity is mad at Obama. Support whoever you want.

[mitchtv]

40. Follow Oprah! n/t

[jenmito]

49. Yawn...not everyone has a bias against him because they support another candidate.

Obama's voting record on gay rights speaks for itself.

[hulklogan]

57. You're right, it does speak for itself

It says things like we only deserve a basic set of rights so we can live lives that don't cause discrimination, or that the ex-gays only want to brainwash unhappy gays, or that heterosexual HIV/AIDS is a GLBT issue, or that bigots are good, decent and moral people.

I hear Obama loud and clear.

[jenmito]

66. His record is as good as if not better than Hillary's and Edwards'.

If you want to put his record up against their's, let's see it.

[FrenchieCat]

25. Good to see they haven't fallen for the OKEY doke!

[Beausoir]

41. They need to be cured. Pray, everyone! Pray that these people can be cured of their evilness!

[jenmito]

50. Did Obama ever say that? Did he agree with McBigot? Get real already.

You know very well he doesn't believe what you just wrote. :eyes:

[Beausoir]

53. Who is McBigot? Please explain.

[jenmito]

67. McClurkin. Duh.

[AtomicKitten]

47. Nice endorsement.

[jenmito]

51. I think so, too.

:hi:

[Renew Deal]

54. Jews for Hitler

:sarcasm:

[mzmolly]

62. I was gonna say!!!!!

:P

[maxanne]

58. give it a rest people

some of the people on this list are friends of mine. Ed Butler is someone I love dearly. Disagree with their decision to support all you want, but don't question their commitment to GLBT issues. Last year NH had a marriage equality bill in the legislature, and a civil union bill. I testified about half a dozen times before committtees - and I saw some of these same people at every hearing.

I don't understand their choice. I don't understand NH Freedom to Marry endorsing Edwards, either.

To assume that gay voters are single issue voters is silly.

[frazzled]

60. thank you

for bringing this thread back to earth, where it belongs.

[Cha]

63. Thanks, maxanne!

For bringing these people on the OP's endorsement to life.

[mzmolly]

61. Ah, so someone is actually examining Obama's record/deeds and not freakish remarks by a

convoluted performing artist? Good deal! ;)

[jenmito]

68. Yes. I'm glad they're examining his record/deeds and choosing he's the person to best

represent their interests.

[Alexander]

65. Gee, I guess all the DUers "concerned" about McClurkin DON'T MATTER!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Everyone knows its a small group and their sockpuppets that push "McObama" everywhere. They should really just give it up and get real jobs.

[jenmito]

70. McClurkin is NOT Obama!

TRY to get that through your head.

[KennedyGuy]

69. NH version of the Log Cabin republicans

[jenmito]

71. Really? Obama is someone who doesn't support gay rights?

The Repubs. don't support gay rights. Obama does.

[KennedyGuy]

72. just campaigns with guys who want to "cure" them

thats all..

[jenmito]

73. He does NOT campaign with them. His record is what it is. And many people in the LGBT community

like it.

[KennedyGuy]

74. He has a Donnie problem

sorry..not all gays support him..
thats just the way it is..

[jenmito]

76. Again-he doesn't campaign with them. He wasn't even AT the event with the guy...

and he spoke out strongly AGAINST his views. THAT'S just the way it is.