CNN Misleading Voters on Gay Issues in Presidential Primaries

Hillary Clinton is Bad for Gays With Respect to The Defense Of Marriage Act,   Same-Sex Marriage and Equal Rights, But You Wouldn't Know That From CNN's Website

If I meet one more LGBT who says to me, "Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are EXACTLY the same on Same-Sex Marriage" I think I will just lose it!  Yes, Clinton and Obama are both against Same-Sex Marriage but "for" Civil Unions" but they are NOT the "same" on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA--that reprehensible, bigoted pro-active piece of legislation which was created to give our country permission for the social and political realm to segregate and demonize gay people.  Barack Obama wants the FULL repeal of DOMA while Hillary Clinton only wants repeal of the "third part" of DOMA and has yet to acknowledge the fact that DOMA is a bad thing.

This distinction on the repeal of DOMA is a very important and crucial part of the same-sex marriage issue and should be included in CNN's breakdown of issues on its website.  Every day when I watch CNN and the CNN internet journalist, Josh Levs, instruct viewers on how to navigate the CNN.com website for the self-acclaimed most "comprehensive" breakdown of candidates and the issues I now suspect that CNN may inadvertently be part of the problem of the confusion of gay and pro-equality voters on the issue of same-sex marriage.  And how dangerous Hillary Clinton's views really are.

The Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, was not only a maneuver to stop Federal Marriage Protection of same-sex couples (ie Federal Pensions, Immigration of Partners, Federal Tax benefits, Inheritance, just to name a few) but it was and still remains an assault on the very soul of gay people, our families and our children.  To "Defend Marriage" from whom?  From what?  Answer, from those evil, immoral gays, that's whom!  Hillary Clinton should know better.  Shame on her!

Tom Lang, Director

Comments

[Pat Gozemba]

Hey Tom, Can you tell me why Human Rights Campaign is still supporting Hillary? Have they got some info that the rest of us don't have. Wink. Wink.

The point that you are making about DOMA is very compelling and Barack is very clear about getting rid of DOMA. I watched him on C-Span speaking to an audience in Ohio that looked as if it were 50% Black. He articulated again his support for civil unions but as he did it, he underscored the importance of eliminating prejudice and discrimination. Having a Black man preaching to other Black folks about the necessity of removing discrimination is very powerful.

[Tom Lang]

Hi Pat,

My guess with the HRC and Hillary Clinton is this...Hillary has been a supporter of LGBT for years and she plays well to the "Corporate" Gay Leadership. Barack Obama is new to this whole thing and my guess is that HRC wants to go with the candidate it knows better and has learned all the HRC dance moves.

But remember, the HRC lauds Coors Beer and even employs members of THAT family because Coors plays the game of providing LGBT benefits within its company. However, you and I both know that the Coors Family IS The Heritage Foundation which is THE most conservative Republican think tank (aside from the KKK) in America...and responsible for alot of the anti-gay issues cropping up.

[Justin]

Hillary and Joe Solmonese (the President of HRC) are close. In fact, before her pres bid, she was regularly seen on-site at HRC. That probably explains part of the reason why HRC supports Hillary. Also, Joe worked for a heavily pro-choice group prior to HRC and was involved in PACs and with Barney frank, so I am sure he has certain political connections that the HRC uses to its advantage. Just my thoughts (I live in DC, so I know the HRC crowd).

[Lula]

Sorry to be off-subject, guys, but you gotta read this. I love it...

Moses Was High on Drugs, Israeli Researcher Says

Psychedelic Cocktail May Explain Vision of the Burning Bush, Professor Says

By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD
JERUSALEM, March 5, 2008 —

Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli professor of cognitive philosophy.

Writing in the British Journal Time and Mind, he claims Moses was probably on psychedelic drugs when he received the Ten Commandments from God.

The assertions give a whole new meaning to Moses being "high" on Mount Sinai.

According to Shanon, a professor at Hebrew University, two naturally existing plants in the Sinai Peninsula have the same psychoactive components as ones found in the Amazon jungle and are well-known for their mind-altering capabilities. The drugs are usually combined in a drink called ayahuasca.

"As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effects of narcotics," he told Israel Radio in an interview Tuesday.

The description in The Book of Exodus of thunder, lightening and a blaring trumpet, according to Shanon, are the classic imaginings of people under the influence of drugs.

As for the vision of the burning bush, well obviously that too was a drug-fueled hallucination, according to Shanon.

"In advanced forms of ayahuasca inebriation," he wrote, "the seeing of light is accompanied by profound religious and spiritual feelings."

Shanon admits he took some of these drugs while in the Amazon in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," he said.

The initial reaction to this controversial theory from Israel's religiously orthodox community and the powerful rabbis who lead it was less than enthusiastic.

Orthodox rabbi Yuval Sherlow, quoted by Reuters speaking on Israel radio, said: "The Bible is trying to convey a very profound event. We have to fear not for the fate of the biblical Moses, but for the fate of science."

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[Tom Lang]

Oh for Pete Sake!!! But you know, I have always believed that regarding "The Truth" or "Enlightenment" or whatever you may call it, it doesn't matter how one gets to it, as long as one does...

[John]

Having read Revelation, I suspect John was no stranger to the sugar cube, either.

[ryan charisma]

Could someone please send me this plant?

[Lula]

Plants are now apparently the root of all evil.

(boo)

[zeke]

This is just another Obama wink wink like Canada and pulling troops out of Iraq. When he was in the state senate he never supported gay benefits for government employees.

[Brian Miller]

This is a distinction without a difference.

More important than the supposed "difference in approach" between Obama and Clinton is the fact that in their numerous years in the Senate, neither has introduced, sponsored, or co-sponsored legislation to reduce DOMA's nastiness in any capacity.

If they cannot be bothered to do something about it when they have legislative power in the Senate, their position as President (when they have no legislative power) is hardly an issue.

[zeke]

The racial incidents past and present have led me to donate to Hillary Clinton. By saying he was naive to Wrights remarks made me see what a smart decision I made.