“The fact of the matter is that Obama has done more by his words and actions to lessen the legal and social burdens on the GLBT community than any other candidate running for office.”

He’s mouthed the words, but there haven’t been any actions — save for putting a singing closeted Fundie freak on this whore-o-rama “Gospel Tour.”

Get the stardust out of your eyes, dear. Obama’s a disaster.

I have to say one thing about Obama. I think he is, despite his ‘gay’ opinion, a good person. He’s just too young for this job.

To me John Edwards is the perfect fit. He’s the man for our times.

The fact of the matter is that Obama has done more by his words and actions to lessen the legal and social burdens on the GLBT community than any other candidate running for office. What part of “new politics” did any of you fail to understand? Do you realize that it appears you’re advocating intolerance as a policy against those with whom you find disagreement? It comes down to this: Obama walks his talk, and in today’s political world even attempts at finding common ground with opponents should be respected as something Jesus himself would do, and something in our polarized environment that others don’t possess the integrity to even try. You change people by exposing them to truth, not by turning your back on them because you disagree.

I posit that all those who now reject Obama as their choice never understood just who and what the man is made of in the first place. He never said he was faultless or incapable of mistakes. All he promised was to be true to himself and the principles that guide his life. Maybe the rest of you are doing the same things, but I doubt many of you have been as visible or vocal on GLBT issues than has Barack. Look at the complete picture, not just this hyper-inflaming snapshot.

Is a candidate allowed to honestly screw up, or must we always attribute malevolent motives to his conduct?

by far.

I started supporting Obama right from when he declared. But I abandoned him a long time ago (it seems). Now I see I did the right thing. He’s self-destructing, and this is a shame. A lot of us had high hopes.

(Disclosure: I’m African-American. For me this usually doesn’t matter. But I’m afraid it does in this case.)

I’m sorry this happened to “your” candidate. We all have hoped an African-American or a woman would rise to the top of Dem party politics. It seems this year they are being very seriously considered and that’s great. It’s a sign, at least within the Dem party, that prejudice is dropping away rapidly.

It just doesn’t seem to be the year for Barack. OTOH, the fight against Hillary (from Edwards supporters) goes on and on.

I agree. I am rethinking my support for Obama.

This is such a bizarre story. Who woulda thought this could ever be an issue in this campaign? Just out of the blue — weird.

I’m almost offended that all the great arguments I made for not supporting Obama are of no use if this other thing becomes THE big issue. Sheesh, politics is very strange.

“i believe you have been warning us for a while now, david… and not just in the la times, also right here in fdl threads. this is where you get to say “i was right”

Indeed, selise. The sweetest words in the english language are “I told you so!”