Source: My dad, a doctor, and head of the radiation oncology department at a prominent Southern hospital.

So, by this analysis, it’s OK to support those who want to marginalize gays,….

And then:

It is so funny how you guys will take such crumbs and roll over like grateful dogs.

It is so funny how gay liberal victims will take the blowjobs from liberal candidates for cash donations and votes then roll over like grateful dogs when they pass laws against us. And yet, somehow, Repbublicans are the bigoted homophobes. B-b-but the liberals pat us on the head and tell us what good little faggots we are!!! Exactly. You’re nothing but a photo op.

Most people would call that two-faced. I know I would.

Political 360: pure showmanship. Politician does a little public position twirl, but the public only gets to see the part up to 180 degrees.

(Just trying to communicate what I meant when I used those two phrases.)

There are plenty of Republicans who are actually gay-supportive. Being able to celebrate a hero (gay or not) should just be expected, not something that someone needs accolades for.

I really want to like McCain. He’s a little more moderate on some things. He’s a federalist above at least some other things. He had the chutzpah to tell off the “agents of intolerance” back in 2000. He’s Barry Goldwater’s successor (not that that has any significance other than symbolic). But I’m sorry, I just can’t get past his positions on LGBT issues, not after his little public snuggle with ProtectMarriage.com, at least.

And let’s not even go into the other 180’s he’s taken of late (or at least 270’s—perhaps even 360’s**).

I’m just not sure what to make of him anymore.

But it’s not 1992. And it’s not wrong to expect more, today, in 2008.

McCain offers no progress, no change from what we’ve seen before.

Oh, yeah, where do I learn the handshake and secret words?

Orwell was right, and so was P.T. Barnum.

As to John McCain, no one is perfect. I do find that his attitude and respect towards gay people is so much more admirable than simply mouthing the right words. Btw, I haven’t heard Obama come out and say that as a senator or a president he will fight to ensure that Same sex marriage is the law of the land. I’ve heard the same two step, marriage should be between a man and a woman and oh yeah, the CA supreme court was right in it’s decision.

And frankly, my use of the word “checkmate” is not overused and in the previous case, totally apropos.

Deal with it.

Regards,
Peter H.

I think you’re being a little generous on that one. While I think McCain is probably more gay-friendly than many of his Republican colleagues, I think he falls short on “honoring” the service of gay American heroes in uniform.

He wrote in 2007, “I do believe that any policy requiring the Armed Services to accomodate a particular lifestyle of whatever description is misguided.” He still equates sexual orientation with “lifestyle” even though we all know that sexuality is not the sole determinant of lifestyle.

He then said, “open homosexuality within the military services presents and intolerable risk to morale, cohesion, and discipline.” Any “open” sexuality presents risks. But the Army teaches risk management, not simply risk avoidance.

You’re right, he did display a lot of class on honoring Mark Bingham, but that doesn’t negate his statements regarding the service of gay men and women in the military. So in one instance, he was right, but he continues to be wrong in another.

[GP Ed. Note - Ah, such lovely, typically liberal bile for a Monday morning.....]

That would only be true if he knew that Bingham was a gay man. While the gay press made much of that fact, how common was that knowledge outside? Perhaps he did, or perhaps it wouldn’t have made any difference but do we really know that?

Peter, I know it makes you feel all he-man when you celebrate an imagined victory with the overused (Crickets) Checkmate but if you’re the only one that views it as a contest then aren’t you just playing with yourself?