Wrong, the constitution provides protection of right to assemble and practice religion. I dont particularly care about Obama's religion, but if someone were concerned that muslim ideological influence would lead Obama to make decisions which are unfavorable to America and or our allies, that is reason enough to consider not voting for Obama.
You are wrong. You can vote the person or the platform. I vote the person becasue Obama has PROVEN that he cannot be trsuted to do what is right. McCain may not alwasy be right, but I can TRUST him to cooperate with Democrats to better the country.
You dont understand the constitution very well. Religion was never considered in his qualifications...the most basic of which make him eligible to RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. Therefor, no unconstitutional judgement was made. Once the candidate is being voted for, all is fair to consider. You are even fair to consider somethign insidious but unproven. Most of Obamas supporters refuse to look at Obamas negatives, and I see a lot of them. I see a lot of negatives in McCain, but I see a much better leader and honnorable person in McCain. So, I vote for McCain because I cannot trust Obama.
It is not his voting record, it is his lack of consistency between what he says and what he does. He talks about unity and change. I agree with that being a good step in the right direction, but Obama and his campaign is part of the problem. Obama has pushed this propaganda that all republians are all cookie cutter clones, that McCain is another Bush. That is nothign but a propagation of anti-Republican prejudice and hate. That isn't unifying or a change to current political currents. So you can continue to be part of the problem or we can try to find common ground.
Meeks is, for one.
The truth squad is a branch of the Obama campaign. In fact, Sen Claire McCaskill was part of the squad. Obama should not allow elected officials who are part of his campaign to operate in an unsanctioned organizationed. It WAS sanctioned by the campaign, because he never acted to stop these organizations or admonish the participants. If Obama were truly concerned with Constitutionally protected rights such as free speech and open debate, he should have not allowed these organizations to operate. Further more, there are many references in the news to truth squads set up during the primary.
A gay person voting for Mccain..........boggles the mind........kind of like a black person voting for George Wallace or the younger Strom Turmond
Shame on your for reducing people to one issue and suggesting that all party members are identical and partisan. There are racist and bigoted democrats, just as there are pro-choice and gay republicans. This prejudice is part of the problem that is stifling development. I cannot work with someone who denigrates me out of reducing me to my sex or sexuality. Must women vote with their uteruses? Must men vote with penises? Must gay men vote with a swish? Please think more deeply about how you attack people. Stop the propagation or racism, sexism, stereotyping, and partisanship.
I stand by my metaphor and this gay man votes with a pencil, not a swish....now who is stereotyping? I'm a legally married gay man in massachusetts. Obama and the Dems will work for the federal government to recognize that fact. McCain and the repubs will do everything to stop the federal governement from recognizing that fact........simple
McCain was AGAINST Bush's push to enshrine sexual orientation descrimination against gays through marriage protection amendment to the constitution. McCain wont stop it because he opposes constitutional amdendments about this.
NO scare tactics/ McCain is for DOMA....Obama wants it repealed in its entirety.....McCain wants DADT.....Obama favors its removal.........just facts(If you don't know what doma and dadt are...look them up)
You dont seem to get it. We have DOMA and DADT right now. I am not particularly affected by either. Change will come to descriminatory legislation, but only if American attitudes change. Again, you reduce all gay men to one issue: gay rights. I agree with you that those laws need to be changed, but I don't they that they are more important than other issues such as economy, constitutional freedom, and general social justice.
well I believe that gay rights are JUST as important as the ones you mentioned. And you ARE affected by DADT and DOMA whether you think so or not. The "mindset" that thinks those 2 laws are acceptable is one that discriminates against gay people in many ways. I also believe that the Democrats are better on constitutional freedom, especially the economy, and very especially on social justice. All major civil rights legislation has come from the DEMS. 8 years of republican rule has left our economy in shatters. And I don't want any supreme court justices telling me what I can do in my bedroom or with my body.
