If only there would be a chart this simple for all the issues. Today, we came across this handy-dandy graphic from MarriageEquality.org on where all the 2012 presidential election candidates stand on various issues affecting the gay community. Some of the issues include those having to do with family, such as same-sex marriage, civil unions and adoption by LGBT couples; others involve job discrimination and military issues like open service and the justice issue of appointing LGBT-aware judges.
The chart is color coded with “Yes” answers in green, “Maybe”’s in gold and “No’s,” in pink. Funnily enough, most of the Republican candidates are at the bottom half of this chart and when it comes to “the party of no” there is a sea of pink bricks with the word “No,” printed on them across the bottom: “no,” “no,” “no,” “no,” “no,” like someone trying to assure you that you’ve got them all wrong.
There’s one exception: Fred Karger, is the only candidate, including President Obama, who said yes to everything—which was puzzling until seeing on this Rachel Maddow show clip on his site that he’s the first openly gay candidate for president. He’s pro-choice to boot. Who knew “R” could include all that?
The chart is color coded with “Yes” answers in green, “Maybe”’s in gold and “No’s,” in pink. Funnily enough, most of the Republican candidates are at the bottom half of this chart and when it comes to “the party of no” there is a sea of pink bricks with the word “No,” printed on them across the bottom: “no,” “no,” “no,” “no,” “no,” like someone trying to assure you that you’ve got them all wrong.
There’s one exception: Fred Karger, is the only candidate, including President Obama, who said yes to everything—which was puzzling until seeing on this Rachel Maddow show clip on his site that he’s the first openly gay candidate for president. He’s pro-choice to boot. Who knew “R” could include all that?
Now if only Fred Karger had a snow balls chance of getting elected.