The Presidential Debate last night - were GLBT people satisfied with answers or disappointed?

Question

We lost our power because of a big storm and I couldn't watch it. What did I miss?

Answer 1

Mike Gravel does support same sex marriage and feels like the marriage issue is not even going to be an issue in 5 yrs. and understands there should be no ban on who marries who because marriage =2humans being in love and wanting to make a commitment::), says that the only way to stop the hatred and bigotry is for all gays to come out of the closet and assert their rights, he thinks that the older Americans are wrong to say flat out that homosexuality is wrong and that he tells them so. The only real thing I disagreed with is that he wants to legalize all of the illegal drugs and makes it where doctors can prescribe them, like medical marijuana, but I don't think that will work very well with meth, and some of the other stuff out there today, and he didn't say one single thing about health care.
Dennis Kucinich also supports same sex marriage, wants real equality, believes that sexual orientation doesn't matter and will abolish the discrimination in the workplace, wants a not for profit medicare system for long term health care and wants to take on the AIDS issue.
John Edwards wants health care benefits for all; low income and the LGBT community (the only problem i saw was when he was astounded that in L.A. some LGBT teens had been kicked out of there homes and made homeless because their parents didn't agree with their sexual orientation), supports trangender issues and wants to make it where there is no discrimination in the workplace wants to get rid of the DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL but is against same sex marriages, and wants to make sure that gay hate crimes are prosecuted.
Bill Richardson believes in domestic unions with marriage benefits but not marriage itself, wants to abolish Don't Ask, Don't Tell, passed hate crimes act in New Mexico for domestic partners, the only major thing that he said that NOBODY will agree with (in the lgbt community) is that homosexuality is a choice. He also believes that EVERYBODY should have equal rights.
Hillary Clinton-wants to get rid of DON'T ASK DON'T TELL, and said that the reason that she didn't try for it earlier is because she knew that it would not pass in the republican congress, believes that sexual orientation doesn't matter in the service, wouldn't put somebody that is anti-gay in the Jointy Chiefs, the only downers for her was that she still thinks that the states should have th final say on same sex marriage but she is against it, and that she skimmed over the hate crime issue and the workplace discrimination issue.

Answer 2

It was ok. I think that we have to understand that we will not have a candidate that will be 100% behind us and tell us everything that we want to hear. We still have a LONG way to go, so we need to put more focus on what we can achieve and not what we don't have.

There was a gentleman (who's name slips my mind) that was a former senator from Alaska. He did in fact state many of the things that the LGBT community wanted to hear. The problem is that there is no way that he will win the Democratic nomination, not to mention the presidency.

For nothing else, it was informative. There were some that danced around certain issues, but for the most part, we can finally say for the first time in history that the LGBT community is being taken seriously and we have politicians that are truly concerned about our votes.

Answer 3

You missed seeing the Top 3 tell you nothing you did not already know, they are politicians first, friends of the LGBT community 3rd or 4th.

You missed seeing Kucinich and Gravel embrace the LGBT community with open arms and caring hearts.

You missed Richardson lose any hope of garnering LGBT support.

The discussion will be shown on Logo again on
Fri 08/10 7:00 PM
Sat 08/11 10:00 AM
Mon 08/13 9:00 PM
Tue 08/14 11:00 AM

You can see it online at
http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/

I have not found a link to the transcripts yet.

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Answer 4

I just don't feel like I heard anything new from the front runners. The Representative from Ohio and Senator from Alaska are the best but neither will win. Our country has a long way to go.

Answer 5

I watched it after the fact, and didn't like what I saw. You didn't miss anything but politicians with their staged answers and plastic smiles.

Answer 6

Buddy, it wasn't broadcast in my area. Hell of a mess, we're getting it today.

Answer 7

Nothing much!

Answer 8

it wasn't a debate, it was a forum. it was extremely stupid and sophmoric..