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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Only Major Candidate to Sit Out Both LGBTQ Events [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)69. Nobody is saying that. But the candidates are making it very clear what their priorities are...
Because he does not like gay people? C'mon.
Nobody is saying that. But the candidates are making it very clear what their priorities are, and they are being given multiple opportunities to do so. These are fair observations, not accusations.
This is ridiculous. He was helping LGBTQ long long ago in his state.
It saddens me to see any politician with a perfunctory attitude about these things. I hate it when it's treated as just one more thing on a long "to-do" list... something to "get it over with" so that he (or she) won't have to bother with it again for as long as possible.
And even then, after it's done once, or said once, the politician and his (or her) followers can always point to that ONE TIME that he (or she) did, or said something in support of said-group.
Maybe it is all the bad things he says about gay people? WTF?
At this critical juncture, I think that it will be a mistake for any candidate to shun (or "not have time for'') our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, children, parents and loved ones.
It's not like anyone is being accused of being a bigot or hating the community... but everyone IS correct in pointing out that this is a very clear indicator of what a candidate's priorities are and where the LGBTQ community (and its issues) fall in the candidate's order of importance.
I think it would be weak sauce if the sum-total of a candidate's LGBTQ advocacy and support be limited to his (or her) one time appearance at a Pride Event.
All I'm trying to say is that this really isn't a one-and-done kind of thing, is it?
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Bernie Sanders Is Only Major Candidate to Sit Out Both LGBTQ Events [View all]
George II
Sep 2019
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Is that tour going to last for three weeks? The second event that he's skipping is Oct 10.....
George II
Sep 2019
#30
That's the eve of "National Coming Out Day" that people may have heard of before.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#42
Add them to the list with PP, the Black Congressional Caucus and the Working Families Party...
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#72
Why is Bernie, always portrayed in a negative light, when so many of his ideas, like MFA...
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2019
#7
Maybe the reason it didn't get enough votes was the same as why Vermont's Green Mountain Care
betsuni
Sep 2019
#26
I'm sure if you did some research you'd see why it, and others for many decades, didn't get passed.
George II
Sep 2019
#34
A universal health care bill was first introduced in the House back in 1943 by John Dingell Sr....
George II
Sep 2019
#33
None of BS's ideas are his own.. some of them have existed since the 40's
BlueMississippi
Sep 2019
#45
That's how many of us feel about the way other progressive candidates have been treated
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#73
Well I didn't see Beto mentioned so I guess he doesn't care either. Really people, campaigns have
vsrazdem
Sep 2019
#12
Must see video: Bernie defends gays in military against homophobic slurs on house floor in 1995
jg10003
Sep 2019
#28
Thanks and I really don't get it he has history going far back and has been speaking about
lunasun
Sep 2019
#37
Yes, absences are absences. Some pols have even shown up with walking pneumonia. (nt)
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#71
A gay rights support quota doesn't exist. Just because he supports the community doesn't
Politicub
Sep 2019
#49
To a point. He's certainly evolved on Marriage equality when it proved prudent to do so.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#74
BS can't even get AA and POC to attend a rally at a BLACK church in a MAJORITY BLACK city.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#53
I know, right? It's as if some politicians have a perfunctory attitude about these things.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#60
Nobody is saying that. But the candidates are making it very clear what their priorities are...
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#69
His LGBTQ record in Congress (House and Senate) has been abysmal bordering on non-existent.
George II
Sep 2019
#77