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15 Feb 10
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a large majority of voters — between 61 percent and 75 percent depending on the poll — now share his point of view. Most Americans recognize that being gay is not a “lifestyle” but an immutable identity, and that outlawing discrimination against gay people who want to serve their country is, as the admiral said, “the right thing to do.”
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there is now little political advantage to spewing homophobia. Indeed, anti-gay animus is far more likely to repel voters than attract them.
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The more bigotry pushed out of the closet for all voters to see, the more likely it is that Americans will be moved to grant overdue full citizenship to gay Americans.
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09 Feb 10
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08 Feb 10
randyfurlongFrank Rich
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07 Feb 10
Michael Massing'As we learned about this White House and...Congress in the health care debacle, they are perfectly capable of dropping the ball....Should they actually press forward on “don’t ask” in an election year with Mullen and Gates on board [they could] raise the
gay queer race rights marriage military civil Frank.Rich homophobia politics US history outbasket via:@larrybobsf
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It is hard to deny our own fundamental rights to those we know, admire and love.
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But that’s not the whole explanation for the scant pushback in Washington
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There is also a potent political subtext. To a degree unimaginable as recently as 2004 — when Karl Rove and George W. Bush ran a national campaign exploiting fear of gay people — there is now little political advantage to spewing homophobia.
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Now that explicit anti-gay animus is an albatross,
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disguise the phobia that can no longer dare speak its name.
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If gay Americans are to be granted full equality, the flimsy rhetorical camouflage must be stripped away to expose the prejudice that lies beneath.
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Those opposing same-sex marriage are just as eager to mask their bigotry.
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The more bigotry pushed out of the closet for all voters to see
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The revealing silence that followed from so many of the usual suspects was pretty golden too.
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corax jkAfter Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, a curious silence befell the right.
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mwdonnelly9 DonnellyAfter Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, a curious silence befell the right.
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If gay Americans are to be granted full equality, the flimsy rhetorical camouflage must be stripped away to expose the prejudice that lies beneath.
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Recalcitrant Congressional Republicans will have to explain why their perennial knee-jerk deference to “whatever the commanders want” extends to Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. Stanley McChrystal on troop surges but not to Mullen
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The more bigotry pushed out of the closet for all voters to see, the more likely it is that Americans will be moved to grant overdue full citizenship to gay Americans.
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