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LGBTQ Presidential Forum: Candidates to address community changed by a decade of progress
NBC News OUT Politics and Policy ^ | September 19, 2019 | Tim Fitzsimons reports on LGBTQ news for NBC Out

Posted on 09/20/2019 4:23:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The last time presidential candidates gathered to address LGBTQ issues specifically was 2007. Since then, there’s been a sea change in rights and acceptance.

When 10 of the Democratic candidates for president gather in Iowa on Friday evening, it will be at a forum to address issues that are top of mind for one of their party’s most reliable constituencies: the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

The candidates — Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Sestak, Elizabeth Warren and Marianne Williamson — will take the stage at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where they’ll be quizzed by Lyz Lenz, a columnist for The Gazette; Keenan Crow, director of policy and advocacy at One Iowa; and Zach Stafford, editor-in-chief of The Advocate. The event is being sponsored by GLAAD, One Iowa, The Gazette and The Advocate, and it will be hosted by transgender actor and activist Angelica Ross, who’s best known for her role in the hit FX series “Pose.”

The last time such an event took place was in November 2007, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the participants. In the 12 years since, the country has undergone a revolution in terms of LGBTQ rights and acceptance.

The mere presence on stage of the openly gay Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is a symbol of all that has changed for Democrats since the last forum.

In 2007, the Defense of Marriage Act banned the federal government from recognizing same-sex unions like Buttigieg’s. Gay Navy officers like Buttigieg were banned from serving openly because of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Only two states — Connecticut and Massachusetts — had legalized same-sex marriage, and many more had recently enacted constitutional bans against it.

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TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2020; democrats; gaynewsrooms; homofascism; homosexualagenda; iowa; lavevendermafia; pinkjournalism; transgenders
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1 posted on 09/20/2019 4:23:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does Simmons Fit Tim?


2 posted on 09/20/2019 4:28:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The problem hat the Democrats have with this, is that the absurdity of their dogma is readily apparent to any observing and thinking person. Hey, guys, the Emperor has no clothes.


3 posted on 09/20/2019 4:28:49 PM PDT by myerson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Progress” is an odd word for describing decline.


4 posted on 09/20/2019 4:31:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats openly boo God at their convention.


5 posted on 09/20/2019 4:32:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: myerson

And he sleeps with other emperors.


6 posted on 09/20/2019 4:38:11 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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Meanwhile, back on earth people are getting sick of it. Wanna be gay, go for it, I do not care in the slightest. But putting some dudes sweaty, herpes encrusted, feces smeared schlong in your mouth is not an accomplishment. We already have laws against assault. If somebody assaults you prosecute them, otherwise STFU


7 posted on 09/20/2019 4:41:17 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The last time such an event took place was in November 2007, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the participants.

Of course they were. A lesbian and gay guy attending this event was not a shocker.

8 posted on 09/20/2019 4:41:23 PM PDT by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: a fool in paradise
"Democrats openly boo God at their convention."

I'd hate that to be my last act on earth.

9 posted on 09/20/2019 4:43:04 PM PDT by Dogbert41
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Regressing back to the days of Genesis 19 ain't progress, Tim Fitzsimons.






10 posted on 09/20/2019 4:47:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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[The last time such an event took place was in November 2007, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the participants. In the 12 years since, the country has undergone a revolution DE-EVOLUTION in terms of LGBTQ rights and acceptance. ]

There, fixed it.
11 posted on 09/20/2019 4:49:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Tulsi’s gonna be there? Maybe she can bash Warren like the libs think she will.


12 posted on 09/20/2019 4:56:35 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why stop at ‘Q’ in LGBTQ?

Add your “P” for Pedophiles and at least be honest with what your intentions are for our children.


13 posted on 09/20/2019 5:10:30 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: SaveFerris

He’s basically cursing himself and his allies by advocating for this.

Reprobate minds tend to do that.


14 posted on 09/20/2019 5:13:48 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: dsrtsage

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_gUQeZcB8


15 posted on 09/20/2019 5:29:19 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Go Gordon
Democrats would have welcomed an openly gay guy at their candidate forum in 2007, too. Being sexually depraved has always been a resume enhancer for a Democrat.
16 posted on 09/20/2019 5:32:57 PM PDT by BillyBoy (States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The candidates will _humiliate_ themselves at this event—and luv every minute of it!

This should be a youtube bonanza.


17 posted on 09/20/2019 5:39:53 PM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The LGBTQ legitimization insanity will be overturned in the future just like the unfettered abortion insanity will be overturned. Both policies were pushed through with little forethought about their evil social impact and so are being shown over time to be wholly unworkable, impractical, immoral, and ultimately unpopular. Such policies can’t be sustained. I expect the same thing will happen to affirmative action policiies, too.


18 posted on 09/20/2019 6:36:12 PM PDT by DrPretorius
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They think they’re smart, too.

Romans 1:22. Spot on verse.

Perfectly describes the Last Days.


19 posted on 09/20/2019 10:16:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
[Reprobate minds tend to do that.]


20 posted on 09/20/2019 10:28:20 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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