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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-03-10 02:53 AMOriginal messagePoll question: Would you sacrifice a second term as President in order to guarantee equal rights for ALL? Would you put your legacy on the line in order to bully, cajole, intimidate, or otherwise do whatever it took to literally FORCE the country into accepting equal rights for those among us who are LGBT?Would you go out on a limb and speak out on this issue every time the cameras were pointed in your direction?Would you sacrifice your place in history as a two-term President in order to repeal DADT and DOMA in your first term?Or would you consider a two-term presidency a larger victory than what you would achieve by using the "bully pulpit" in an effort to shame the American Public into accepting what's right?I post this poll because my gay Daughter went to orientation at Long Beach City College this evening, and I'm more than a little proud, and more than a little indignant. We had a conversation today that included a discussion about choice vs heredity and she asked me for the dozenth time... "Who in their right mind would choose this?"Poll result (93 votes)If I were President, I'd consider waiting until my second term to really put my back into Equal Rights (2 votes, 2%) If I were President, I'd consider gambling my second term on what I thought was right (39 votes, 42%) If I were President, Equal Rights would not necessarily be my first priority (1 votes, 1%)The LGBT cause is not necessarily the most important thing affecting the country in the short term (46 votes, 49%) I would, as this country's first black President, consider it my greatest achievement (5 votes, 5%)
Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-03-10 04:55 AMResponse to Original message5. What does the issue have to do with the president being black? Leave race out of it.
LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-03-10 06:40 AMResponse to Original message9. So NOT surprised to see so many posters throwing me under the bus as well as my civil rights. My HUMAN rights. And, so many of you wonder why the GayTM is closed and the votes will probably be going to someone else.Niiiice.At least you 12 (currently) who think civil rights aren't that important can at least stand behind your rather shameful convictions and say why.And also answer this: which civil right do YOU want to give up?
BklnDem75 Donating Member (701 posts) Tue Aug-03-10 08:40 AMResponse to Reply #912. To be fair... Your number one issue is not everyone's number one issue. Many here are sympathetic, but calling out those who don't feel as strongly as you do won't gain you many supporters. Considering that conservatives are much worse on EVERY issue, there's NO issue that I would consider worth sacrificing a second term over.
LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-03-10 08:45 AMResponse to Reply #1213. I'm not calling out anyone, I am discussing their vote And, how is this "my" issue??? Civil rights should be THE issue for every American.
BklnDem75 Donating Member (701 posts) Tue Aug-03-10 08:49 AMResponse to Reply #1314. It's an issue for sure... It's not every American's number one issue. Did you catch that part? You're not discussing, you're accusing them of throwing you under the bus.
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats
