Just out of curiosity, Priya Lynn, how much does the tax payer end up paying towards auto-insurance?

In Saskatchewan the government has a monopoly on auto insurance and our auto insurance is the cheapest in the country, 1/4 the cost of a number of other provinces with private insurance companies “competing” with each other.

As we’ve seen with the current administration, the Dems are too concerned about appearances to really commit to the changes they promise to our community. Our Republican allies remind the Democrats that the gay demographic isn’t captive — we have choices. And in many districts, neutralizing the “gay bloc” (the only demographic beaten by retirees with respect to % turnout) can tip the balance of victory — and many in the GOP are waking up to this in swing states — more importantly, as Dems figure this out, they’ll finally realize they actually have to fight for our vote.

You want choice & change? Get rid of monopolies. Works the same for politics as it does for commerce.

I had thought that the Republican Unity Coalition was still a small but ongoing effort; your omission of it prompted me to google gerald ford gay republicans and find that I’m four years behind the times.

Not directly related to this post, I’ve been skeptical/cynical about LCR for a good while. Reading the transcripts of the DADT trial, I found myself addicted, as much as I was to the Olson/Boies Prop 8 trial. I’ve emerged from both with a sense that I need to be better at hearing and understanding the LCR.

Tim, you often seem desperate to find gay positive signs and portents where there are none.