And, of course, there is an entire section on Traditional Marriage (page 53). Now, funnily enough, the platform blathers on about a Republican congress passing DOMA so states would not be forced to have to recognize icky marriages from other states. Now, elsewhere this document goes on several times about states rights to decide. For people who are so concerned about states rights, they sure don’t mind the federal government wielding its power to stop those yucky homosexuals.

Here’s my favorite line “Children in homes without fathers are more likely to commit a crime, drop out of school, become violent, become teen parents, use illegal drugs, become mired in poverty, or have emotional or behavioral problems”

This must of great comfort to gay male couples who giving double strength against these things from happening to their kids

Lesbian couples everywhere must be reading this and realizing how horrible they are not to have a father and how they are doubly destroying their children’s lives. (Should Mary Cheney and her partner try to dodge this bullet??)

Of course I’m just not sure what exactly to say about the Palins – how could that girl get pregnant with the perfect mix going so right for her? hmmmmmm. Oh wait, yes, we also need to ponder on that section on abstinence only sex education as well as it applies to the Palins…

I may not agree with your political views, but I respect your right to voice them. I sincerely hope the that the Republican Party gives you something to be proud of at some point.

There are plenty of GOP good guys out there such as, but not limited to, Arlen Specter, Jerry Sanders, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and of course the late Barry Goldwater. Yet they’re the exception, not the norm. The way you’re going, you guys are sure doing a good job making the mainstream gay community realize that there are some good guys in the GOP, and that party affiliation means nothing in supporting gay rights.

There are plenty of GOP good guys out there such as, but not limited to, Arlen Specter, Jerry Sanders, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and of course the late Barry Goldwater. Yet they’re the exception, not the norm. The way you’re going, you guys are doing fuck all to make the mainstream gay community realize that there are some good guys in the GOP, and that party affiliation means nothing in supporting gay rights.

As for being treated nicely at the convention, most of them don’t see you as equals, likewise with the Democrats.

right, like social security doesn’t include survivor benefits, disability, SSI..etc.

Where does a gay guy from Los Angeles go to get a little respect? The Republican National Convention, of course!…

Put bluntly, if a worker who makes a mere $40,000, starting at age 22, sets aside the 12% that he and his employer are forcibly required to contribute under Social Security today in a simple savings account earning 3% annually, by the time he reaches age 70, he will have a nest egg of $536,000 — which, if parceled out at the Social Security maximum amount of $2,185 per month this year, just drawing down principal, will cover 245 months, or over 20 years. If he just lived on the interest of this nest egg, he would be making $1,752 a month — which is 66% MORE than the average Social Security payout of $1,050 a month.

And the sky is the limit. Just a 1% bump in interest rates to 4% would give him an additional $190,000 — or an average monthly income of $3,028. Give him 5% interest, which is a rate of return that even the most inept of financial planners can manage, and he has $997,000 — over $4,100 a month.

Give him Social Security and he’ll contribute the same amount — and get only $1,050 a month for it.

The guys (and gals) on this blog get told that pretty much every day. The real independent thinkers are on the right.

What kind of a friend makes your sexual orientation contingent on your political beliefs?

The guy who cuts my hair said pretty much the same thing.

I won’t discuss politics with the guy who cuts my hair. It took me way too long to find someone I like. HAHAHA!!

Keep up the good work.