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OK, I agree with that. Now can we also agree that the act singling out the sexual orientation of one person to use as debate fodder is much more embarassing to that one person than the proposal to ban same sex marriages for all gays? It wasn't clear before, but that was my point.
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If the cheney's didnt know about their daughter's sexual orientation and if they had not already publicly acknowledged said orientaton than I would be in partial agreement with you.
However, as far as mainstream society is concerned being homosexual is no longer the kiss of death that it used to be. Queer Eye for the Straight guy, Will and Grace, hell, even the term metrosexual all point to a society that is becoming more and more accepting of homosexuality. The problem lies with the religious right's inability to accept homosexuality and not mainstream society imho. |
OK, so if you say that the problem lies with the religious right's inability to accept homosexuality, and if the Cheney family is part of the religious right, then it follows that Kerry's comment was personally offensive to the Cheney family. You might then try to blame it on the Cheney family for bringing it out in public, but they had to bring it out, because it would be a greater embarassment if it come out from outside the family, as if it were a dirty secret. |
All the more reason to point out the hypocrisy of the Bush/Cheney position.
btw, I also am not glad that Kerry made the comment, becuase I think that the resulting spin may have cost him votes. Not becuase I actually disagree with the comment iitself.