"- Democrats are tokenizing gay rights groups . If the recent election and stance by John Kerry does not alarm gay rights activists , something is terribly wrong . In the end , there was very , very little difference in the stance between the two candidates regarding gay rights . The marriage amendment was the only difference , but to be fair , gay activists should say that Kerry saw them no more 'human ' than Bush . Unfortunately for gay people , they have been taken and cheated by the Democratic party . The most they have gotten is token words and occassional promises that never really take place . But in the debates , Kerry was just as unappoving of gay marriage as Bush was . So why would gay rights activists overwhelmingly support Kerry and the Democratic party ? Ca n't they see they have been sold a rotten bill of goods ? Democrats have been no more helpful in the last 20 years -- Clinton himself would not veto DOMA , signing it instead . It is difficult to take gay rights groups seriously when they throw their enthusiastic support at only Democrat canididates who are practically no different than Republican ones on the issue . Frankly , it smacks of partisanship and backroom politics . Gay people are the losers . Does that mean that gay people would be better off supporting Republicans ? Not necessarily . But at least a little less blind political allegiance would help . At this point , it would seem that even if the Republican party ran a gay candidate who supported gay marriage enthusiastically , gay rights groups would still endorse the Democrat . Yes , it 's THAT bad ."
"I think the Democrats are generally seen as the lesser of two evils . Your point about gay rights groups perhaps endorsing a Democrat out of blind party loyalty over a pro- gay marriage Republican is an interesting point . Perhaps the answer is for those in all parties who are gay , to be more aggressive in promoting their equality . A lot of work needs to be done in both the Democratic and Republican parties ."
"Democrats are tokenizing gay rights groups . If the recent election and stance by John Kerry does not alarm gay rights activists , something is terribly wrong . In the end , there was very , very little difference in the stance between the two candidates regarding gay rights . The marriage amendment was the only difference , but to be fair , gay activists should say that Kerry saw them no more 'human ' than Bush ."
"I think the Democrats are generally seen as the lesser of two evils . Your point about gay rights groups perhaps endorsing a Democrat out of blind party loyalty over a pro- gay marriage Republican is an interesting"