[Maelstorm]

I shouldn't have to post this but just in case someone doesn't know where Barack stands on the issue. Conservatives who have a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot even when they have the best ammunition might need to consider that grilling McCain on an issue he has been unwavering on isn't going to help anything. McCain has consistently opposed hate crimes legislation adding sexual orientation to protections. He has consistently opposed special rights and protections for homosexuals. This is not something conservatives should be fighting with him about. What we should be worrying about is Michelle Obama's quote:

She described the presidential hopeful's idea of the gap between "the world as it is and the world as it should be." These two worlds, she said, should be "one and the same."

Stop and think for a moment what kind of world Obama wants.

[Always Right]

"Barack has made crystal clear his commitment to ensuring full equality for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) couples," she said. "The world as it is should be one that rejects discrimination of all kinds."

Translation: "So when my hubbie says he isn't in favor of gay marriage, he really doesn't mean it."

[Recovering_Democrat]

I'm honored to be with you in a week that reminds us just how far we've come as a country," she said. "Five years ago today, the Supreme Court delivered justice with the decision in Lawrence v. Texas that stated that same-sex couples would never again be persecuted through the use of federal alarm."

Is she saying "same sex couples" wouldn't be federally prosecuted?!? Seems to me the case was precisely about a STATE law.

[i_dont_chat]

Lawrence v. Texas, a United States Supreme Court case, in the 6-3 ruling, struck down the sodomy law that had criminalized homosexual sex in Texas.

[jmaroneps37]

This will be helpful! :-)

[rochester_veteran]

Maelstorm,

Freeper Hugin started a list here, and some participants on my blog and I are adding to a list of why conservatives should vote for John McCain over Obama. I hope you don't mind that I included part of your comment to that list?

8. Special Rights and “Hate” Crimes- John McCain has consistently opposed hate crimes legislation adding sexual orientation to protections. He has consistently opposed special rights and protections for homosexuals. This is not something conservatives should be fighting with him about.

We've got 8 reasons now! Check out the full list at the link below;

Eight Reasons Conservatives Should for Vote for McCain Over Obama

Of course, I gave you credit for this!

[Ouderkirk]

Sodomy is not a civil right.

[Aquinasfan]

If rights come from any source but God, they cannot, in principle, be unalienable. Only God can grant unalienable rights. And as the Architect of the human body, it's impossible to imagine Him sanctioning an utter perversion of one of His greatest gifts to humanity, the ability to cooperate with God in creating new human lives.

[Salvation]

\What gay rights?

God grants the rights -- not people.

 

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Body:	7 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved

[BooksForTheRight.com]

They have the same rights as normal people. There are no laws denying them access to buildings, water fountains, restaurants, jobs or marriage.

Marriage is a contract between one man and one woman. They have the same right as anyone else in this matter. Problem is, they don’t want marriage. They want something else.

[devolve]

Michelle Obama Speaks in
Support of Gay Rights