The Canadian system is still much cheaper than than the American and here we hear all sorts of horror stories about people bankruped by the American system. HMO’s and Insurance companies refusing to cover people for example. Yep it is obvious your listening to “objective” media reports.

Fuck Texas. Fuck Republicans.

But he is not lying about his determination to nominate judges to the Federal courts, and the SCOTUS in particular, who will find a rationale to reverse or erode the cases that have opened the way for the great expansion of gay rights over the past several decades in this country. In fact, he has made as firm a commitment as the man can make to his church, to NOM and to all the most reactionary religious fundamentalists in his party base to appoint just such judges. And its likely that he would be in a position to appoint as many as three justices to SCOTUS in his first term.

All serious analysis of the equality cases (DOMA, Prop 2, etc.) moving through the Federal courts right now presumes that there are four votes for and against each of them, with Anthony Kennedy as the ‘swing vote.’ But if Ginsburg (or Kennedy, himself) is replaced by another Scalia/Thomas/Roberts type, there will be nothing to swing for several decades to come.

First and foremost FOR ME is getting sexual minorities treated as Equal United States Citizens by their government. Everything else after that is secondary. And for those who disagree do they speak and vote from a position of privilege?

Privilege meaning they do not have anybody that they want to marry. OR they are already legally married to a same gender spouse. Are they living in a State that HAS anti discriminatory laws to protect sexual minorities? Perhaps living in a State that provides for strong Legal Civil Unions? In other words you speak from a position of privilege so you can go on to look at other issues.

My vote goes for leaders who will represent the people who live in those 30 States where it is 100% Completely Legal to say,

“Helen told me you are a Dyke, sorry we don’t want Dykes here, go to HR and pick up your Paycheck”

“Although you had the best references and the highest Credit Score you are not going to get the apartment, my current tenants don’t want to live next door to trannies.”

“Fellas yeah you are going to have to leave, we don’t serve Faggots here”

We risk in our community the votes of the gay “haves” vs the votes of the gay “have nots.” If you already are protected from the above you feel that you are perfectly free to look to other issues that impact you. Lower taxes for example. In my opinion this is simply selling out all the other sexual minorities who are living in the States who are “Have Nots.” It is selfish.

In my opinion everyone should vote en block for candidates who WILL implement polices to make sexual minorities equal to heterosexuals. Once that has been achieved, we are all free to go separate ways. And that is my opinion.

I linked to this survey at Americablog this a.m. http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/Inside_cma/Media_Release/2011/reportcard/2011National-Report-Card_en.pdf

You identified my Presidential choice. And, as rarely happens, I’ll be voting for someone rather than against the alternative.

Actually I don’t object to Obama – though I am no fan of Obamacare (my premiums immediately skyrocketed) – and, heresy of heresies, I could accept Romney over many other alternatives (his anti-gay advocacy is glaringly fake and limited to one issue that seems to have disappeared now that he has won the primary). So i just have no hate to dish out this year.

But Johnson’s my man this go round. Which, as I live in California, will have zero impact on anything.