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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:28 AM Original message |
Poll question: Which Candidate Would Be the More Effective Advocate for LGBT Rights... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why do we have to fight in the evangelical pulpits? |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think they'll both do equally well on that issue. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. When's the Last Time... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Why on earth would that matter? |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Because Sun Tsu Was Right: "Know thy adversary." |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I've been fighting this fight |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. So, LBJ Didn't Appeal... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That's not appealing to the pulpits |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Appealing FROM the Pulpit, TO the Congregants... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. From your OP: "carry the fight right into the evengelical pulpits |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. When You Stand in the Pulpit... |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. From the OP: "in relatable terms to the congregations of voters" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. As I've said ad nauseum |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You Got Your Headline Right n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Glad you've just capitulated |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. When You Finally Plumb the Depths of Your Reading Comprehension... |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Based on how Bill put gays in the military as a top priority I think Hillary would follow suite |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yeah... just don't tell anyone, or they kick you out |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. For the time it was a step forward though. nt |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. No, It Was a Capitulation to Sam Nunn and Colin Powell n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. No it wasn't, it was a forced compromise |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. OK, Sam Nunn Made Him Do It... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Do you remember what they were threatening Clinton with? |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I Thought He Was a Master Cards Player... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I'll take that as a no |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Except... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Wrong again |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Bowers v. Hardwick Stood for Less Than 20 Years, with One Justice... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. So you expected Bill Clinton to allow a statute banning |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. No, You've Done a Helluva Job... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I know exactly what you were trying to do |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Ever Convinced a Fundie Family Member to Become a Proponent of Full Equality? |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. BTW, I Was in the Supreme Court When Lawrence v. Texas Was Argued... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh yeah, Hillary's the evangelical's dream |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I'd Fake My Very Best "Too Sick to Go to Church" n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Obama feels the need to include anti-gay preachers at his events |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm Not Happy about McClurkin and Kirbyjon Either... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. LBJ passed the civil rights act over the OBJECTIONS of the southern rightwing churches |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. LBJ Met with Ministers, Including MLK, and Spoke FROM the Pulpits... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. MLK was not a white separatist |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. But LBJ Started out... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:51 AM Original message |
I'm saying that the next President |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. Right... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes, the presidential bully pulpit is secular by and large |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yes, the Simple - Difficult for You to Grasp - Concept... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You still don't get it |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You're Right, I Don't Get You... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Making direct pleas to the public |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Oh, for the Love of Hannah... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. A coalition of moderate, liberal Democrats and moderate Repubs |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Well, Thank Heaven... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Ah, now the real issue comes out |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. "But don't couch it" |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. Honestly, I don't believe either of them are as strong on these issues as they should be. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. That is the correct answer. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Then we, the people, must demand the progress. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. For me, personally... |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Vernon Jordan Gave an Interview Recently about LBJ "Getting Religion" on Civil Rights... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. Hillary can be held to her own standard: "It took a president to get it done." |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Truman Integrated the Forces, and Demanded a Snappy Salute n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well, sheeyit, I can't help that. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No, Truman Was a Democrat n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. You need some milk and cookies. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. LOL... |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. What Truman did in 1948 is what Clinton could have done in 1993 |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. But He Caved to Sam Nunn and Colin Powell... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. What Barack has done in that arena..... |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thank You... |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
63. At 70 Votes, This Thing Is a Dead Friggin' Tie... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. Since Obama believes being gay is a sin, I'll go with Hillary on this one. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. The Point of the OP, LeftCoast... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. So you want us to forget about actual stances they hold and vote on a hypothetical? |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Honestly, What Stances Can Hillary Be Proud of? |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I address some of this in my response to your other comment, but |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. With Sincere Respect... |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I Have Changed Fundie Family Members' Minds... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Obama's comment was a punch in the gut to me |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:55 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Any Fundie Friends or Family? |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:13 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. My brother said it to me when I came out to him |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Well, You Can't Fault a Guy... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Thanks... |
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