Comments on: Maryland Delegate Carter holds gay community hostage

By: Emelye Waldherr

Emelye Waldherr — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:16:17 +0000

After posting my message here I read on Pam’s House Blend about the bills Ms Carter was pushing. Since the bills she was holding out for have nothing to do with civil rights at all, I’m convinced she’s a craven politician whose attachment to her pet causes unfortunately rises above her commitment to equality for all deserving citizens.

I hope they can work it out soon and that she gets some payback in the near future.

By: fannie

fannie — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:27:58 +0000

TampaZeke,

This politician’s looks are not relevant to her stance on same-sex marriage or to this post. So, why even mention her looks? Given the history of female public figures having to deal with obsessions over their looks, their clothes, their shoes, and their hairstyles, it’s probably a good idea to stick to substance to avoid sending the wrong impression. No matter how you personally feel about drag queens.

And, on that point, you seem to be backtracking now and say that you intended your comment as a compliment.

A person can think positively of drag queens, yet still call a cisgender woman a drag queen as a way to insult her by saying she’s mannish, not sufficiently feminine-looking, or in some way not living up to the beauty standards for the ladies. Gay and straight people do this all the time to Ann Coulter and it’s rarely intended as a compliment.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:53:13 +0000

I’m with fannie.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:51:21 +0000

@fannie, get over yourself. You assume that I think negatively of drag queens. It’s actually YOUR ignorance and misogyny that is showing.

And she DOES look like a drag queen.

By: fannie

fannie — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:28:03 +0000

@beachewtoy75 and TampaZeke:

Try stepping up your game and criticizing a politician without using misogyny.

Women are part of the LGBT community too and many of us don’t appreciate the snide and petty commentary about a female politician’s looks.

By: Emelye Waldherr

Emelye Waldherr — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:57:42 +0000

I wonder which other bills Ms Carter was talking about when she said some other bills deserved to be fast tracked as well. Was it that horribly flawed bill, HB235, that would enshrine public accommodations discrimination against trans people while pretending to gove them civil rights protections in housing and employment? Was it the bill to increase the penalties for public accommodations discrimination that is already illegal (eg discrimination based on sexual orientation), thereby increasing the divide between LGB/straight cisgender people and trans LGB/straight people?

Politics is ugly and Ms Carter is playing hardball. Until we know which other bills she is pushing, I won’t judge her.

By: customartist

customartist — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:44:25 +0000

Email Jill Carter & Tiffany Alston:

Tell them to please stop withholding your rights in lieu of their political gains, and that when they will not vote for you that it will be very difficult to vote for them. This is not a game!

*** Be Polite and to the point ***

jill.carter@house.state.md.us

tiffany.alston@house.state.md.us

By: ScottLanter

ScottLanter — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:24:03 +0000

This witch sounds exactly like the fools in GOProud who opposed Obama on repealing DADT by saying they disagreed with the “process”. What scum.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:29:45 +0000

What can we say, she has us by the you-know-what.

If there is any consolation here, it’s that IF this bill does eventually pass, that means less days for NOM to gather signatures for a referendum.

BTW, hopefully Marylanders, in addition to calling delegates, are also applying pressure to Gov. O’Malley.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:19:12 +0000

@beachewtoy75, I was thinking the exact same thing!