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Originally posted by Diane Dees:
I would rather get a gold star for actually paying attention and seeing through the smoke and mirrors of both campaigns, Anne. I am totally opposed to McCain and Palin, but I am also disppointed that many people do not challenge--and get really nasty if someones does challenge--the history of sexism, racism and bigotry toward the LGBT community in both the lives and careers (and during the campaign) of Obama and Biden. Or the myth that Obama raised more campaign money than Bush by taking pizza money from college students. The "Obama movement" operates on leaving behind values that happen to be very important to some of us.
Perhaps I see things more clearly because I am not a Democrat or a Republican. On the other hand, I long ago gave up my membership in one of those parties precisely because I saw they were not that different from one another--only that one was more hypocritical.
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Diane,
I don't know if you watched the Democratic National Convention or heard Obama's acceptance speech. He DID NOT leave out or leave behind the gay and lesbian community and their rights to be free from government/religious oppression. No, he didn't mention transgendered individuals, surely not because he doesn't think they have rights, but perhaps because the trans-gender community is truly a mysterious thing to most of us. I don't know any transgendered people (that I'm aware of), but that doesn't make me 'against them'. I doubt I'd have made mention of trans-gendered citizens in a speech. But I would have (as did Obama) mention the rights of gays and lesbians. Perhaps Ron Paul is the right choice for you. I don't know.
Anne