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Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by FlyersFan
I think it is probably more a case of "Record number of people feeling safe enough to publicly admit they are gay" than the actual headline.
What the extremist minds tend to not consider is how many closeted homosexuals have served in the past. There are many very famous people from the history of American politics who are now believed to have been gay. And, oddly, some of them were known publicly as homophobes.
~cough~ ~cough~ J Edgar Hoover ~cough~
~Heffedit on 10/3/12 by Hefficide because: Use of tense issue - changed for clarity
reply to post by Annee
Just a point. Have you noticed how the wives of politicians are scrutinized under a microscope? (not so much husbands).
Originally posted by hangedman13
reply to post by Annee
Just a point. Have you noticed how the wives of politicians are scrutinized under a microscope? (not so much husbands).
The husbands do tend to get scrutinized but only if they are big shots in some field. The only scrutiny that the spouse needs is to determine if they are in positions to compromise their spouses position. The scrutiny that we get comes from the media which we can plainly see has agendas. The public loves a good scandal and if the media can facilitate one they will. So perhaps the media needs to learn where the line is don't ya think?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Hell I bet you even some conservatives would support somebody gay who didn't rail on the issues, did their job and went home without falling into the left vs right social paradigm trap.
~Tenth
reply to post by tothetenthpower
Hell I bet you even some conservatives would support somebody gay who didn't rail on the issues, did their job and went home without falling into the left vs right social paradigm trap.
Originally posted by hangedman13
I've heard crap from liberals about Romney being Mormon, so what he is Mormon? Don't act as if it just a conservative issue discriminating against people.
Originally posted by olaru12
Originally posted by hangedman13
I've heard crap from liberals about Romney being Mormon, so what he is Mormon? Don't act as if it just a conservative issue discriminating against people.
Most of the crap I've heard about Romney being Mormon came from the Christian Fundamentalist right that think
Mormonism is a cult.
Wow that is such a crock of offal. Hell ya I would vote for someone who actually was the perfect fit for the job regardless of sexual orientation or religious belief. I've heard crap from liberals about Romney being Mormon, so what he is Mormon? Don't act as if it just a conservative issue discriminating against people. It's very intellectually dishonest. Since we are all human we all have our prejudices, and last I checked there wasn't no evolutionary jump for liberals to make them more then human.