Reply #18: I like it.

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It's nice. Not amazing, but nice.

Sorry, I'm not going to shit all over a major presidential candidate openly courting the LGBT constituency. I feel like we're making some strides this year, slowly overcoming the damage done in 2004. Remember 2004? When it was "Gays Are Evil!" all the time, 24/7? When John Kerry limply opposed a federal constitutional amendment while still supporting a state-level one at home? When Bill Clinton strenuously urged him to support the FMA?

So, here we are. Two candidates, both with similar views on the GLBT community, both with somewhat supportive records to varying degrees as well as missteps of varying degree.

Like I said, it's nice. Not amazing, not life-changing, not a magical grant of equality. Just a little reminder that 2008 is a bit better than 2004 for our community, and hopefully 2010 will be better than this, and 2012, and so on.