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46. She fought for Civil Rights in her college days and other issues she has been strong.

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Apparently, If One Voted For Reagan, They Were Anti-Gay... [View all] WillyT Feb 2015 OP

Yes if you voted for Reagan then you at the very least dsc Feb 2015 #1

This DURHAM D Feb 2015 #42

Exactly...knr your post...nt joeybee12 Feb 2015 #114

if a democrat voted for Reagan, they were not in their right mind after what he did to California. hollysmom Feb 2015 #2

Exactly gopiscrap Feb 2015 #49

Oh, hell no. Definitely top 5, but W has the dishonor of being "worst". winter is coming Feb 2015 #52

Maybe it's generational Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #93

IOW, regardless of your generation, voting Republican greatly increases the possibility merrily Feb 2015 #110

By the second term, they knew damned well he was antigay Warpy Feb 2015 #3

And if you voted to re-elect Bill Clinton, you supported NAFTA and the chickenshit mess winter is coming Feb 2015 #4

given what DADT replaced you bet I supported it dsc Feb 2015 #6

they stopped imprisoning gays in the military right after world war II m-lekktor Feb 2015 #37

My source is Randy Shilts' Conduct Unbecoming dsc Feb 2015 #57

Maybe you should correct Wiki if it is wrong. former9thward Feb 2015 #70

nice of you to straight splain that to me dsc Feb 2015 #71

Do you even know who Randy Shilts was? nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #90

Yes. former9thward Feb 2015 #94

I was in the Navy in the early 60's Bohunk68 Feb 2015 #112

No, nobody was going to prison. former9thward Feb 2015 #50

Yes some people certainly did go to prison dsc Feb 2015 #56

Excuse me---but people did go to prison. For being gay. It's undeniable fact. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #91

Fine, link to them. former9thward Feb 2015 #95

Fair's fair... let's see a link to the military policy of the era. n/t winter is coming Feb 2015 #100

Already given in post #37 former9thward Feb 2015 #105

I have given a citation from a book dsc Feb 2015 #101

James Reyes, imprisoned for touching a friend's hand....that's pretty much the most famous, recent msanthrope Feb 2015 #108

Clinton had every intention of lifting the military exclusion--EVERY intention. MADem Feb 2015 #53

It wasn't only Newt sadly dsc Feb 2015 #58

There was plenty of blame to go around, certainly, but Newt relished that shit. MADem Feb 2015 #111

Just channeled this: Is it possible that DUers are being punished for campaigns past? HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #5

Yep It's Pre-Purge Vetting... Where Formally Reasonable Posters Engagae In Tea-Party Rhetoric... WillyT Feb 2015 #11

this thread makes me really glad tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #7

Be glad you aren't enough to remember how fucking depressing it was when Reagan winter is coming Feb 2015 #14

I didn't even know what politics was when he was elected/reelected tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #22

I was not old enough to vote but did Carter or Mondale run on pro gay platforms? dilby Feb 2015 #8

The Democratic Party endorsed gay rights way back in 1980. The first to do so in America. Rex Feb 2015 #12

Carter did not run as pro gay. former9thward Feb 2015 #51

Where did I mention Carter? It was the PARTY that endorsed the platform. Rex Feb 2015 #54

Nobody pays attention to the platform. former9thward Feb 2015 #68

Carter was not good at all to be honest dsc Feb 2015 #13

Carter was the first president to even acknowledge that gays had rights Major Nikon Feb 2015 #63

It was part of the platform, but one that a lot of Dems sidled past winter is coming Feb 2015 #17

Let's see, Jimmy Carter was running for his second term. Reagan Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #33

Not where I lived One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #99

I would LOVE for a Reagan Dem to come in here and explain WHY Rex Feb 2015 #9

I'm Sorry... It Wasn't Even On Their A Radar Back Then... The Xian Right-Wing, Sure... WillyT Feb 2015 #16

Sadly true. Politicians have definitely been lagging behind the curve on this one. n/t winter is coming Feb 2015 #18

The party was the first in America to support any rights for the LGBT community. In 1980. Rex Feb 2015 #20

Not on the radar? Thousands were dying, thousands dead when Reagan voters elected him again Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #62

Yep. Explanations and apologies. hunter Feb 2015 #74

Yep! Most Americans were anti-gay 35 years ago. I think that's an undeniable fact. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #10

but the issue with Reagan was how there were many americans dying of something and he didn't give a JI7 Feb 2015 #15

Yes............................ outside Feb 2015 #82

:/ \: ... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #19

I was always warned to be vigilant around those that prayed loudest in church... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #21

Hallelujah And A Big Old Amen !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #24

Or as a friend's Mom related (she was from the Deep South) . .. hatrack Feb 2015 #39

Oh Hell No... Not In A Million Years... But Being A Straight White Guy... I Was Privy To... WillyT Feb 2015 #23

So, why so defensive?... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #35

David Corn's '65 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport': Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #69

It was a different time, almost everyone was anti-gay back then Reter Feb 2015 #25

Thank You... Revisionist History Is Apparently Bi-Partisan Too... WillyT Feb 2015 #26

that is baldly false dsc Feb 2015 #27

Why Is It More Inportaet To Hold The Grudge, Over The Having The Progress??? WillyT Feb 2015 #32

Knowledge = Life, that's why. History is important. Some suggested reading for you: Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #79

Not in 1980 or 1984 he didn't Reter Feb 2015 #61

gays were too busy dying to care alot about marriage dsc Feb 2015 #67

Kennedy's Gay Rights Advocacy Remembered Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #30

simply amazing the lengths some here will go to to excuse Warren's horrible judgement dsc Feb 2015 #59

There was a time when Republicans were not all expected or believed Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #78

Did she actually work for Reagan? Or on any Republican's campaign? winter is coming Feb 2015 #86

Reagan's campaign rally in Neshoba County, Mississippi, where three civil rights workers were Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #28

People who voted for Reagan both times and for Bush Sr. in 1988 YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #29

Hillary was a Goldwater girl over 50 years ago. Having voted for and supported Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #31

I'm Sorry Thinkingabout... WillyT Feb 2015 #36

I admit I have voted for two Republicans in my life, both were local candidates and Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #38

Me neither. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #41

She was a teenager from a staunchly Republican family. Converted to Dem after hearing MLK JR McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #43

She fought for Civil Rights in her college days and other issues she has been strong. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #46

If you voted for Reagan you were right wing. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #34

I guess you've forgotten the Iranian hostage situation. winter is coming Feb 2015 #89

John Anderson ran a credible third party campaign and was on the ballot. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #97

Pretty much the only thing Reagan was good at was salesmanship. winter is coming Feb 2015 #98

He was a passable actor but an awesome pitch man. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #103

I can't remember ever seeing a Reagan movie, but my mother had. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #107

I have only seen parts... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #109

No sillier than saying a vote for the Iraq invasion means a vote to waste a gazillion McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #40

At least Goldwater wasn't a hateful, Bible-thumping bigot. Ykcutnek Feb 2015 #44

And yeah, a vote for Reagan was a vote for his genocide against gays. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #45

Yes they were... SidDithers Feb 2015 #47

I Will Not... I Lived Though It... You ??? WillyT Feb 2015 #48

Straight people lived through the early AIDS crisis like white people lived through Jim Crow. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #65

If you were a straight person at the time, you scarcely heard anything about it winter is coming Feb 2015 #72

While that was true in the very early days, Reagan was silent until April 1987 and Ryan White had Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #75

I remember all of that, and it was appalling. winter is coming Feb 2015 #83

Well those who were otherwise engaged enriching themselves might not be bigots but I don't want Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #113

I suspect shitloads of log cabin type and closeted gays VOTED for Reagan in the 80's. m-lekktor Feb 2015 #55

I knew a few of them, and couldn't understand it. winter is coming Feb 2015 #60

Yes, it means they were on the wrong side when it mattered most. Thousands were dying and they Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #64

Bishop Desmond Tutu on Ronald Reagan’s South Africa policy “immoral, evil and totally un-Christian" Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #66

Thank you for that. Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #76

My pleasure. I was old enough and active enough to be personally involved in some of the US Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #81

Good question Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #84

Elizabeth Warren was a Republican until the mid 90's... SidDithers Feb 2015 #96

I've begun to wonder which thread you're reading if you think anyone's saying Reagan wasn't bad. nt winter is coming Feb 2015 #102

Excellent question. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #104

I voted for Anderson in 1980. bluedigger Feb 2015 #73

Angry much? randome Feb 2015 #77

Maybe Reagan voters weren't homophobic but they were to a one right wing. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #80

Statistically likely. Orsino Feb 2015 #85

Actually, I knew more than a few rank-and-file Dems who were also against LGBT rights winter is coming Feb 2015 #87

Yeah. Back then, liberalism wasn't what it is now. Orsino Feb 2015 #88

You were one of two things. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #92

Either anti-gay... or simply didn't care. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #106