"That rag"? Now that is even more stupid. On 1/22/11, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > You still read that rag??? WHY?????? > > On 01/22/2011 10:58 PM, Tommy News wrote: >> Here are the others you obviously missed: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/opinion/23presidentsspeech.html >> >> On 1/22/11, Tommy News<[email protected]> wrote: >>> No, not the main thrust. >>> >>> Goi see the complete series at this thread in The New York Times. >>> >>> Stupid that you missed all the rest with your narrow minded view. >>> >>> On 1/22/11, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Amazing. With all the problems in this country, with job losses and >>>> unemployment close to 10% reported and probably close to twice that in >>>> actuality, with deficits increasing in leaps and bounds and the rotten >>>> laws passed by this past congress that tripled the deficit, with the >>>> problems in the Obamacare that crop up on almost a daily basis, with 2 >>>> wars going on and our military spread all over the world (korea, >>>> Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc), with the illegal >>>> immigration problems - and Tommy and Savage think the main thrust of the >>>> SOTU should be gay rights. OK. Got it. Just how stupid do you have to >>>> be to come up with this one. >>>> >>>> On 01/22/2011 10:02 PM, Tommy News wrote: >>>>> A Gay Agenda for Everyone >>>>> By DAN SAVAGE >>>>> >>>>> I’m not an idiot: Now that the Republicans hold the House, only >>>>> wishful thinkers and the deeply delusional expect to see any movement >>>>> on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender legislative agenda this >>>>> year or next. Nevertheless, President Obama should address gay rights >>>>> in his State of the Union speech this week, and he should tackle the >>>>> biggest, most meaningful right of them all: the right to marry. >>>>> >>>>> When he was a candidate for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, Mr. >>>>> Obama told a gay publication that he supported “legalizing same-sex >>>>> marriages.” Twelve years later, right about the time he decided to run >>>>> for president, he came out against marriage equality. But, as the >>>>> president likes to say, “The arc of the moral universe is long but it >>>>> bends toward justice.” Where a Gallup poll in 1996 found that just 27 >>>>> percent of the nation supported equal marriage rights for same-sex >>>>> couples, a CNN poll last summer found that a majority now supports >>>>> marriage equality. >>>>> >>>>> The president — perhaps after introducing Daniel Hernandez Jr., the >>>>> openly gay intern credited with saving Representative Gabrielle >>>>> Giffords’s life — should declare that the trend is clear: this country >>>>> increasingly believes that Mr. Hernandez and other lesbian, gay, >>>>> bisexual and transgender Americans should have all the same rights and >>>>> responsibilities as other citizens. >>>>> >>>>> Gay Americans are eventually going to win on marriage just like we won >>>>> on military service, the president should tell Congress, so why not >>>>> save everyone on both sides of the debate a lot of time, trouble and >>>>> money by approving the entire gay rights agenda? Send the Employment >>>>> Non-Discrimination Act, the Student Non-Discrimination Act, the >>>>> Uniting American Families Act and the repeal of the odious Defense of >>>>> Marriage Act to his desk for his signature. >>>>> >>>>> He can assure the lawmakers that, yes, there’s something in it for >>>>> Americans who disapprove of homosexuality too. >>>>> >>>>> Social conservatives long to raise their children in a country where >>>>> they don’t have to hear about homosexuality every time they turn on >>>>> the news. I’d like raise my son in a country like that too. And guess >>>>> what? In countries like Canada — where the fight over gay rights is >>>>> essentially over, where there is gay marriage, open military service >>>>> and employment protections — homosexuality hardly ever makes the front >>>>> pages of newspapers. There’s nothing much to report. >>>>> >>>>> Conservatives can’t get rid of us, but they can hear less from and >>>>> about us. They just have to bend toward justice. >>>>> >>>>> More: >>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/opinion/23savage.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>> For options& help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>> >>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>> >>> -- >>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >>> Have a great day, >>> Tommy >>> >> > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
-- Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. Have a great day, Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
