Pete Buttigieg

[Ellen Brown]

I'm for equal rights for everyone, and on the surface do not express an opinion about being LGB. Inside all that it makes me uneasy, but who am I to judge anyone. That is for God, and I am happy to stay out of it.

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

 

[Shad]

I'm for equal rights for everyone, and on the surface do not express an opinion about being LGB. Inside all that it makes me uneasy, but who am I to judge anyone. That is for God, and I am happy to stay out of it.

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

Heterosexual politicians use their spouses for PR all the time. It makes them relatable. Pete is doing the same, regardless of sincerity, with just a different form of marriage.

 

[Jumi]

I always thought it weird. We're not electing their spouses or their sexual preferences. I'd rather vote for someone who doesn't make a big deal about something not related to the job.

 

[fantome profane]

I'm for equal rights for everyone, and on the surface do not express an opinion about being LGB. Inside all that it makes me uneasy, but who am I to judge anyone. That is for God, and I am happy to stay out of it.

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

By the time the primaries are underway we will know all about the families of all of the candidates, if you don’t know already. Why single out Pete B for this?

 

[averageJOE]

I'm for equal rights for everyone, and on the surface do not express an opinion about being LGB. Inside all that it makes me uneasy, but who am I to judge anyone. That is for God, and I am happy to stay out of it.

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

Did you make this same complaint when Robert O'Rourke announced his 2020 run with his wife sitting by him?

 

[BSM1]

I always thought it weird. We're not electing their spouses or their sexual preferences. I'd rather vote for someone who doesn't make a big deal about something not related to the job.

Present President included?

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

I feel like some people would flinch even at just being introduced to a person's gay/lesbian marriage-partner, and feel like that is homosexuality being "thrown in their face." People who feel this way really need to evaluate the double-standard that represents, because at no time would they flinch in the same way at being introduced to someone's heterosexual marriage-partner - but it can certainly be exactly the same act, with exactly the same motives in both instances.

 

[Jumi]

Present President included?

Why would he be excluded? If I lived in the US, yeah, that wouldn't matter at all who if anyone he was married to.

 

[WalterTrull]

it makes me uneasy

Yeah, I know, me too. Unfortunately, I think it's because we are of an age. I have to talk to myself all the time about my knee-jerks. (I'm 8 years older than you)

 

[BSM1]

Why would he be excluded? If I lived in the US, yeah, that wouldn't matter at all who if anyone he was married to.

That's not exactly what you said, now is it?

 

[Jumi]

That's not exactly what you said, now is it?

I said:

I always thought it weird. We're not electing their spouses or their sexual preferences. I'd rather vote for someone who doesn't make a big deal about something not related to the job.

How did it become another thing about Trump?

 

[HonestJoe]

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

What are you proposing should change then? Should homosexual politicians be forced to keep their partners in constant hiding and to lie or blank any questions relating to their relationship? Should the media be banned from reporting the orientation and family background of any homosexual politicians? Maybe you’d just like homosexuals to avoid politics and public life entirely, to keep silent and hide away so you don’t have to risk ever having them “shoved in your face”?

Or maybe homosexual politicians should continue to operate in exactly the same way as their heterosexual counterparts because they are the same and their orientation should be irrelevant, regardless of how you might feel about it?

 

[Revoltingest]

How did it become another thing about Trump?

Everything always does.
Those liberals always want to deflect from the real issues....
What would we call the First Lady?
How is his name pronounced?

 

[WalterTrull]

What would we call the First Lady?

Trumpette?

 

[Revoltingest]

Trumpette?

Prolly won't work if Buttagogo Buttigog that other guy wins.

 

[Jumi]

Everything always does.
Those liberals always want to deflect from the real issues....

The real one is Trump?

What would we call the First Lady?
How is his name pronounced?

Don't tell me these things are important in the US?

 

[Revoltingest]

Don't tell me these things are important in the US?

OK, I won't.

Back to the candidate.....
I regret having heard him speak on NPR yesterday.
A talking head gave him softball questions.
His answers were carefully calculated to evade answering.
I already dislike the guy.
Now I have this prejudice to overcome if ever I'm to evaluate
him as the lesser of 2 evils in a potential battle between one
who says too little & one who says too much.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I'm for equal rights for everyone, and on the surface do not express an opinion about being LGB. Inside all that it makes me uneasy, but who am I to judge anyone. That is for God, and I am happy to stay out of it.

It gets frustrating however to have all that shoved in my face. Why do I have to know if Pete Buttigieg is gay and is married to a man? Someone also elected a Lesbian Mayor (?) and all I care is that she does the job to the satisfaction of those who elected her.

I don't see you whining about hetero politicians "shoving" their husbands and wives in your face. Sounds like you'd prefer if LGBT people stay in the closet, and it's a bit of a thing for you since you say it almost everyday.

 

[dianaiad]

I feel like some people would flinch even at just being introduced to a person's gay/lesbian marriage-partner, and feel like that is homosexuality being "thrown in their face." People who feel this way really need to evaluate the double-standard that represents, because at no time would they flinch in the same way at being introduced to someone's heterosexual marriage-partner - but it can certainly be exactly the same act, with exactly the same motives in both instances.

And I wouldn't care at all, as long as the candidate was a conservative and would vote the way I wanted him/her to vote.

And yes, there ARE conservative gay people around. Really.

The only problem I have with gay men is that I have two single daughters and gay men take too many potential marriage partners out of the running. (shrug) I'm a mother. Sue me.

On the other hand, my 'adopted daughter' (he calls himself that, I just go along with it) has all those gay men to sort through for possibilities, so I suppose it evens out.

...and I wouldn't vote for him, either. I love him, but he'd make a lousy politician. He's too honorable and actually keeps promises.

 

[fantome profane]

And I wouldn't care at all, as long as the candidate was a conservative and would vote the way I wanted him/her to vote.

And yes, there ARE conservative gay people around. Really.

There are gay consevatives. But do you think a gay conservative could win the Republican primary any time in the foreseeable future? And then go on to win the Presidency?