The Biden & Palin Debate…and Gay Marriage

If you were one of the tens of millions of people who watched the vice-presidential debate last night, then you saw a well-studied Sarah Palin go up against an experience Joe Biden. Again, and as usual, Palin did not really answer questions, yet released a great deal of rhetoric, which obviously has been pounded into her head. Seems like she was pretty good over all at doing her homework, and managed to not make an ass out of herself. But, for the most part, I just wasn’t buying it. I don’t care how many times she winked at the camera, and talked about hockey moms, this woman is not a leader this country needs. The entire state of Alaska has less than one-million people, and statistics show, many of them are drunk most of the time, so, I suppose if I were straight, and were intoxicated, she may look pretty good to me too.

On the serious side however, I know there is going to be a lot of criticism from a select few in the GLBT community who are upset that Biden said he is not “for” gay marriage. What I want to know, what do you really expect. If you look back, this “issue” is not near as prominent at is was in the last election, and that my friends, is called progress.

For any candidate to openly endorse gay marriage would be political suicide at this point. We do not need a martyr, we need change. The fact is, McCain and Palin want to take away any rights we may have. Obama and Biden will strengthen our community. If you believe for one second the republicans will stand up for our community, you are sadly mistaken. We need to keep in mind that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and unfortunately, as race and sexism is playing a large roll in this election, we need to support the candidate who will move us forward, and not backwards. That candidate is Barack Obama. Don’t let your idealistic views of an American gay utopia cloud your vision. Bottom line, for the GLBT community, McCain bad, Obama good!

I would also like to say our rights are OUR responsibility. We can’t just sit back and expect they will be handed to us on a silver platter. For those of you who want to complain, what have you done to help our cause? How many letters have you written to your state legislators? How many pride events have you attended? How many elections have you voted in? How much time and effort have you spent trying to help our community gain equal rights? Do you get what I’m saying? Again, our rights, our responsibility. If we can’t gain acceptance through our own efforts at the state and local levels, then why should we place unfair expectations upon one or two people? Get off your butts and work for what you want.