Comments on: D.C. Log Cabin calls for Romney endorsement with ‘qualifier’

By: Surely U Jest

Surely U Jest — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:15:19 +0000

Hey Carol. I am going to go with your premise for a moment that Barack Obama doesn’t really support gays and that all the actions he is taking to advance gay equality is just a ploy to get votes. I will also accept for the moment, your premise that Mitt Romney doesn’t hate gays, but is just proposing equality thumping anti-gay legislation to get votes. However, not sure how this translates into any gay person with a modicum of self-esteem voting for Romney?

Based on your logic both guys are pandering to get votes. What is illogical, is that you are suggesting that gays vote for the guy who is pandering to hurt them and not the guy who is pandering to help them because the odds are that they will both flip-flop. However, chances are the guy working for us will be far less likely to backpedal, than the guy who is working against us will be to make a 180 degree change in his anti-gay rhetoric and promises.

The problem with your logic is that Romney, should he be successful in winning the Presidency, is going to want to get re-elected and you can bet Ms. Dusi that he is going to try to do that by catering to the one’s who got him into the job in the first place. If you are going to vote for Mitt Romney, then you are endorsing his stated perspectives. Squinting and holding your nose as you vote doesn’t absolve you Carol.

By: carol dusi

carol dusi — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:24:38 +0000

it is so sad when it comes to this.the one in office now does not support gays.that was a ploy.a change in mid stream to get votes,just like all his other votes,Obama has changed his mind so many times,it proves to me he has no mind.go back and check out all Obamas lies&how many times he changed to get a vote,so if your laying this out there just for gays & lay it so if Mitt doesn’t fall in line with you,then Obama gets it.well to me all should be focused on what Obama is doing with our money & the up rising in all these countries because of his lies & hiding everything.I would ask Obama to unlock all his papers that he has locked down which cost us tax payers for him to keep them hid.so most see that people don’t care who is in the white house as long as they speak out for gays.that is so sad.it really is.I stand with Mitt.I don’t hate gays but i don’t believe in the union.But i have lots of gay friends.Mitt loves all but may not be for gay unions,but he doesn’t hate them.you you gays that are mad at other gays for being for the RNC should be ashamed of yourself.God help you all that you are trading votes for being gay.The one in office isn’t for the gays either.so make it harder for Mitt.Well if Obama gets back in the big house,he is going to flip flop on you again.

By: Adrian Salsgiver

Adrian Salsgiver — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:08:09 +0000

Do you think a vote for Obama or Romney is a vote for peace on Earth? They are both for more war, more killing, and more brutal murder of innocent children around the world in the name of protecting our freedom. The real war is an information war. The enemy is here at home and we are losing the Global War on Terror. Proof is at the airports where TSA Terrorists of Sexual Abuse commit heinous crimes upon innocent children and innocent citizens. Do not keep going along with it. Global Thermonuclear War is unsurvivable. Vote for Gary Johnson. Bring the troops home and stop the wars.

By: Leonard Edelen

Leonard Edelen — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:53:55 +0000

Why would a gay black male even be associated with the RNC, when they have made is blatantly clear that they want NOTHING to do with you? You should be ashamed to have your face in this article!!

By: Stephen Clark

Stephen Clark — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:26:19 +0000

An endorsement has a singular function: It is a recommendation as to how people should vote. It is not a platform of ideas; it is a Yes or No proposition. When one walks into the voting booth on Election Day, one cannot simultaneously vote for Mitt Romney and also write in binding reservations that restrict what he may do as president. Voting is a binary choice. It is all or nothing.

I had hoped that Mitt Romney would follow the 2008 example of John McCain, Elizabeth Doth, and Lamar Alexander by refusing to sign bigotry pledges circulated by hate groups. I had hoped that Mitt Romney would not endorse the federal marriage amendment. Sadly, he capitulated to the bigoted demands of the hate groups.

This progressive Democrat vocally defended the choice of the Log Cabin Republicans to endorse John McCain in 2008. He was not at all good on gay rights, but he did not endorse the bigotry embodied in the federal marriage amendment. Mitt Romney has. As a result, endorsing him is indefensible. It is a betrayal of what is perhaps the most fundamental political principle of our movement today: You do not amend the U.S. Constitution to relegate gays and lesbians to second-class citizenship permanently.

Endorsing a presidential nominee who calls for the adoption of such an amendment is anathema, and it would be a betrayal of our movement. Any group issuing such an endorsement forfeits its entitlement to any respect going forward. The federal marriage amendment is the gay community’s red line.

By: Peter Rosenstein

Peter Rosenstein — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:35:55 +0000

With due respect to the leadership of the LCR, some of whom are friends, I would hope that to keep their credibility within the LGBT community that Log Cabin would do what they did in 2004 and withhold an endorsement from their national ticket. It would appear that it would be better to allow any LGBT Republicans to endorse Romney/Ryan as individuals if they feel that the party represents their views rather than have an organization specifically meant to promote the rights of the LGBT community endorse a tcket that explicitly says they are committed to denying the community their civil and human rights.