Nov 3rd, 2008
Abigail’s Obvious Endorsement for Obama
If you haven’t voted already, tomorrow is the big Election Day. I am sooooo looking forward to having the elections over with…and I hope to delight in seeing President Obama sworn in next January.
But before then, people have to actually vote, and nothing can be taken for granted. Talk to your friends and family. Make sure they are exercising their right to vote tomorrow.
If you happen to have a friend who is one of the remaining three or four people in this country who is still “undecided,” perhaps the rights of LGBT families — and all “non-traditional” families — is the issue that will get them to vote for Obama.
Not sure what I’m talking about?
===OBAMA on LGBT Families===
Obama wrote a beautiful letter to Family Equality Council in response to the organization’s inquiry about his views on LGBT families. In it he wrote: “[E]quality in relationship, family and adoption rights is not some abstract principle; it’s about whether millions of LGBT Americans can finally live lives marked by dignity and freedom.”
===McCAIN on LGBT Families===
As for McCain? He said some things in the New York Times earlier this year about how gay people shouldn’t be able to adopt, and then back-peddled poorly when asked if that meant orphans were better off with no parents than gay parents. And to top it off, when Family Equality Council sent the same inquiry to him as they sent to Obama, McCain sent back a FORM LETTER addressed to “Dear Friend” with a promise to uphold conservative values.
The contrast is positively stunning. And the choice is clear.
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Related links: FEC’s recent blog post on candidates’ responses.
[I'd offer "balance" here with a link to McCain and his views on LGBT issues...but there is none that I could find. 'Nuff said.]