Unfreaking REAL! : LGBT for Barack Obama Stickers as a Campaign Slogan????

Oh, look!

"Just let us know where to send it by filling in your information below."

Know anybody you think deserves a nice gay Obama sticker delivered to them?

Why is he looking down and smiling like The Joker?

What's LGBT?

Wtf???

No. I'm absolutely shocked by such a ploy. This President has no shame. He will use anything and everyone to his advantage and in glaringly plain sight.

Last Edited by Eireann on 07/06/2012 04:55 PM

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

Gee. I wonder.



I thought that too, FierySky. Pissed me off the more I looked at it.

Do you have the same anger toward the Log Cabin Republicans, or are they ok because they've "signed up with the right team"?

Can't help but wonder if there is a double agenda here given that to get one of those "cause" stickers one would have to give every bit of info that would make them easy to locate later.

You've judged me unfairly.

I have no party or religious affiliation deciding how I think. I believe in common sense and to live and let live. I would not have posted this thread had I not had a 2 hour conversation today with two of my closest friends who happen to be Lesbians and have been together for 32 years.

They are pissed and so am I. They know what all of this "gay rights" shit is about and they don't want any part of it.

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I think this really needs to be discussed. This is NOT a gay bashing thread - period. I'm looking for some insight into this ploy being used by Barack Obama's reelection campaign. I believe the ramifications of this are two fold:

1. Votes
2. Data Mining to pin point those in the gay community who will cause a threat when all of the promises turn out to be lies. Not that this President has ever lied....of course.

Um... The right to the same benefits that straight couples have - since gay couples are paying the same taxes?

Equal taxes Equal rights.

If conservatives are soo 'small government' and 'for personal liberty' they should be the ones championing civil rights for gay people.

They aren't SPECIAL rights - they're the same rights other coupled adults have.

Who cares what the NAME is. If the religious right gets all twisted up calling it 'marriage' that's fine. But at least grant civil unions that are completely equal to the rights in a marriage.

The problem is there are two parts to 'marriage' -- but you can have 1 without the other.

the civil part gives you the rights and benefits.
the religious part gives you the ceremony.

Not everyone participates in the religious part.
And some have a religious ceremony but never get any sort of official paperwork.

Every gay person I know just wants to be able to visit their loved ones in the hospital, inherit property upon death, file joint tax returns, etc.

And unfortunately -- without granting them the over 1,400 rights that come with a marriage certificate, most of that is unachievable. You can google story upon story of a gay couple where one of them died. And despite having a will their family came in and blocked the inheritance from going to the surviving partner.

That's BS.

It's already in the Constitution. We don't need an amendment to give people in love the right to pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness. It's fucking common sense. The Constitution was never meant to legislate a person's view of morality. If people have problems with those that are gay....don't associate. But my gay & lesbian friends are the ones who made me realize the dangers of special interest groups pushing the legislation of morality.

Send some to your friends!!!

You really do have to question as to why so many government and big business institutions are constantly data mining and "profiling" the public. What is the purpose of all the information they gather? It's very unusual and is becoming far more common lately. WHY?

It's endemic. Check out Romney shamelessly courting the 'Mom' vote:

[link to store.mittromney.com]

He and Obama should be ashamed of themselves, trying to get people to vote for them. What is the world coming to.

Ding! Six wins the prize.

You're absolutely correct. I wish I could answer the "why" but I simply do not know.

That's not the point. Why the need to give all of that personal info just to get a bumper sticker?

Exactly.. So why do we have states adding discrimination to their constitutions, declaring that gays can't marry and marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman.

31 states have a constitutional amendment

discriminating against gay people and marriage/civil unions in some form. [link to en.wikipedia.org]

Why is the DOMA/Defense of Marriage Act a federal law?

No one is ASKING for an amendment. What the gay rights movement is all about is striking down the laws on the books that discriminate against gay people. That is why there are legal challenges going to the supreme court for both prop 8 in california, and multiple cases against DOMA. Two of which the justice dept just asked to be fast tracked to the SCOTUS.

Once those type of bans are declared unconstitutional - gay people will have the right to enter into marriage contracts.

And for the record -- I think the protections for churches should be reinforced. A church should not have to marry any couple they do not wish to. That is how it currently works. But the right fear mongers that if gay marriage is legal, gays will sue churches to perform their ceremonies.

No they can't. Churches will not have to. But just to be safe, it should be reiterated.

Besides, there are PLENTY of churches that already do marry gay people - and plenty more willing to.

And that's assuming the majority of them WANT married in a church.