Gay Man’s Election Concerns

So I ran across Kerry’s gay conundrum by Chris Bull. I was actually kinda annoyed by the thing.

Okay, so Kerry has a great pro-gay, stance in so many ways. But, he doesn’t support gay marriage (he only calls for civil unions) and he hasn’t made gay rights a direct stump issue.

My take? Who cares? Any reasonable gay man would take just about any other politician other than George W. Bush.

But let’s step back from that and work a quick hypothetical: I’m the same in every conceivable way, except that I’m heterosexual. I’d still want Bush out of office. Surprisingly some of my straight friends seem to actually want Bush out for his anti-gay stance more than I want him out for his anti-gay stance.

GWB provides a great figurehead to direct anger towards. I once was saw Mois