Reply #13: Wow, what a load of bull.

[ThatPoetGuy]

First -- and I don't like saying this -- "the most honest, candid and courageous straight national politician on gay rights in recent history" was actually a Republican. Rudy Giuliani, despite his psycho approach to world affairs and his Orwellian authority-lovin', wanted gays to have legal marriages; he even wanted to preside at the ceremony for two of his male friends.

Hillary, and Obama, and Edwards, all addressed the issue through the lens of their religion, and none of them took the kind of bold stance I'd like to see. Obama was the worst of them, by far.

A quick reminder: Obama toured the south with Donnie McClurkin, who sang songs and spread anti-gay sentiment at Obama's rallies. Here's McClurkin, talking about "The Gays": "The gloves are off and if there’s going to be a war, there’s going to be a war. But it will be a war with a purpose? I'm not in the mood to play with those who are trying to kill our children." The gays are trying to kill our children. Uh huh.

Obama allowed McClurkin to spread his message to THOUSANDS of people, again and again, even AFTER the gay community had called him on it. Obama never refuted McClurkin's notion that gays are sick and need to be cured. His response performed verbal acrobatics to make certain that he didn't offend the vicious fag-bashers.

Another performer on his tour was Erica Campbell. Talking about gays, she said, "They have issues and need somebody to encourage them like everybody else - just like the murderer, just like the one full of pride, just like the prostitute, everybody needs God." The gays are like murderers, sinners, and prostitutes. And they need to be saved. Uh huh.

Obama didn't fire her either. He didn't issue an apology for allowing her to spread her message to thousands.

No, the one Obama fired, was Rev. Sidden. He was pro-gay. Obama's campaign issued a formal apology for allowing Sidden to speak at his rally.

As it stands, hundreds of thousands of people were exposed to agents of hate and intolerance, and Barack Obama exposed them to this, and he didn't apologize for it. He apologized for exposing them to an agent of love and acceptance.

As it stands, thousands of Obama's supporters shifted their notions of what's right and what's wrong, in order to blind themselves to the horrifying actions. Obama's supporters are now more tolerant of homophobia than they were before. Things that would have offended them if Bush had done them, are just fine now; many of Obama's supporters are worse people for looking the other when when confronted with real, serious homophobia.