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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Does Simmons Fit Tim?
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.
“Progress” is an odd word for describing decline.
Democrats openly boo God at their convention.
And he sleeps with other emperors.
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
Of course they were. A lesbian and gay guy attending this event was not a shocker.
I'd hate that to be my last act on earth.
Tulsi’s gonna be there? Maybe she can bash Warren like the libs think she will.
Why stop at ‘Q’ in LGBTQ?
Add your “P” for Pedophiles and at least be honest with what your intentions are for our children.
He’s basically cursing himself and his allies by advocating for this.
Reprobate minds tend to do that.
The candidates will _humiliate_ themselves at this event—and luv every minute of it!
This should be a youtube bonanza.
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.
They think they’re smart, too.
Romans 1:22. Spot on verse.
Perfectly describes the Last Days.
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