John Edwards endorsed by Q-Notes (LGBT news and views)

http://www.q-notes.com/top2008/top04_011208.html


After a series of meetings between the editors, the staff and the publisher, Q-Notes has endorsed John Edwards for President.

Our method for arriving at this decision began late last summer with a simple question: who’s best on LGBT issues. In years past, this alone often narrowed the field to a single contender. This election cycle, however, has been decidedly different from years past.

Each of the Democrats vying for the nomination passed muster on our suitability test. They all support the Matthew Shepard Act and a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They all oppose “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act. They all back legal recognition of same-sex relationships.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich earned bonus points for being the only candidate to support full marriage rights. Again, this alone might have sealed the deal in previous elections. However, the stakes today are too high for that. Two terms of President George W. Bush have America teetering on the brink of economic collapse, while the disastrous “War on Terror” expands and our precious civil liberties shrink.


Under these conditions, viability trumps degrees of support. Following the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus, it was down to John Edwards and Hillary Clinton.

Obama is out because he stepped on our necks to gain a political advantage. His campaign organized “Embrace the Change,” a gospel tour in South Carolina to shore up support among the state’s black evangelicals. Over a profusion of objections, “ex-gay” singer Rev. Donnie McClurkin — who claims that homosexuality is a “curse” and that gays “are trying to kill our children” — was booked to perform in Columbia.

To quell the uproar, Obama issued a tepid statement that “gays and lesbians are our brothers and sisters and should be provided the respect, dignity, and rights of all other citizens.” McClurkin wasn’t swayed and neither was the audience, who cheered loudly when the singer reiterated his anti-gay beliefs on-stage the night of the show.

Obama never apologized for facilitating this debacle. He simply moved on.

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I'm a straight man, but the GLBT community has a brother in me. Our civil rights should never be denied anyone, and certainly never ceded to haters or bible-thumpin freaks, we call FUNDIES.

To ever deny equal rights, EVEN TACITLY by silence makes that person an appeasing accomplice to bigotry.

Cheers to the GLBT community for their endorsement! Go Edwards!

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Great endorsement. I wish my candidate had gotten it. :) At least we'll be far better off under any of the dem candidates compared to the GOP.

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This is a freebie out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Directed mostly at males. Endorsement means less than nothing. Sorry.

it looks like it's based in the Carolinas, but I was impressed they had a pretty large national base.

I liked their message :D

He is the most viable progressive to make things happen. David Mixner endorsed JRE early on.