To Gays: Why did you vote for Bush??

I'm really trying to understand. 23% of gays voted for Bush. If you are gay and you voted for Bush, would you please explain to me (us) why you voted the way you did?? I'm not gay, and I'm trying to understand your political philosophy and I would really like to know your reasoning.

Thanks for your honest responses...

 

Ideology is my guess. Trust me, I wouldn't vote for Bush if he was the only person on the ballot.

Saturday on Trio they aired Gay Republicans & from what I could tell that is where they were coming from. It looks like they will be airing it again.Trio - Gay Republicans

 

where the hell did you get that statistic from?

 

The Blade has Bush support among gays at 23%...

http://www.washblade.com/2004/11-5/news/national/ponder.cfm

 

*shudder*

 

seconded!!

 

I did not voter for Bush, but, the gay agenda would be better served if the gay vote was not so predictable democrat. Same goes for African Americans. There is no reason for politicians to "court" the gay community. They already know that they either have or don't have their vote. If the vote were more 50/50, there would be a reason for politicians to try and pursuade us, and give us incentive to vote for them.

Thats my opinion, at least...

 

I agree, Photogra. But it's a very difficult thing, since very important issues such as civil unions, marriage etc. are right on the agenda and are clearly supported (in some form) only by some Dems. That means that now is not a good time to really "divide" the gay vote, even if it were possible. Too much is (was!) at stake.

I imagine gay people voted for Bush because they prioritize his international plans and national plans, which they must agee with, over things like gay marriage and civil union possibilities. It's rational, but unusual.

 

I wouldn't say supported. Perhaps, not publicly opposed. At any rate, I agree with you, I couldn't vote for Bush, but I can only assume people did because of international politics. I am very good friends with two gay republicans, but I have not discussed this with them. They feel very, VERY strongly, and I felt I was only picking between the lesser of two evils, so I refuse to discuss it with them until things settle down.

 

If I was 18 I would've voted Bush, and I'll briefly tell you why...

I hope I don't come off as a prick, because this a strong issue for me...

All of this gay coverage you hear on the media is crap, and its a ridiculous issue to deal with right now, ESPECIALLY in the presidential debate...
The gay community needs a spiritual and moral leader to deal with gay issues, NOT a leader who needs to run the country on more important issues, such as foreign policies.
If you want Congress and the president to be more open to the gay lifestyle, stop bitching, get off you ass, and BECOME a leader yourself...Dr Martin Luther King is a GREAT example, and look at all of the influence he developed for our country in order to reach equal civil rights...And if you think we've got it bad, minority races had it WAY worse before us. Everything was segregated, and they had came in second for almost EVERYTHING. Second for jobs, second for schools, second for luxury, second for EVERYTHING. THAT is second class citizenship, my friends. We don't have it as bad as they do, we are lucky to have leaders such as Martin Luther King to set great examples for our country.
Now, don't get me wrong, gays don't always have it easy, but those are personal issues. PERSONAL. It is NOT political. The ONLY political issue that exists with gays is marriage, and even if it was accepted, would it change the overall perspective of the gay lifestlye? Would soceity continue to accept it? No...They'll just deal with the new concept of marriage in anger and continue to bash our lifestyle.
In order to change the issues of the gay lifestyle, we need a leader who not only supports it, but respects it and has a great understanding of it as well. We need a leader who will step up and struggle to change America's perspective FIRST before considering gay marriage rights proposals.
And as far as Kerry goes, he doesn't match that. Kerry was a bullshitter. He was wishy-washy and two-faced. You guys probably favored him because he supported minorities. Welcome to the game of politics, my friends. He did all of this rambling of what he'd do as a president, but set off no or poor ideas on HOW he'd approach them. Thats bullshitting, and it is easy to point out a bullshitter when you see one. Kerry only portrayed himself as a liberal character only assuming the majority of America was more liberal. Well, the majority of America also realized that he changes with the wind.
Then, there's Bush...Don't get me wrong, he isn't the greatest president, either. We all know that part of the mission in Iraq was to save our oil imports, and he covered that up with WMD...But you know what, that WAS a good reason, too. WMD and Saddam's reign was a definite obstacle from fighting terrorism, and that is one of our main priorities to fulfill. Unfortunately, we still remain in Iraq, and God bless our soldiers...But unfortunately thats what we need to do, there are still problems in Iraq that we need to clear out in order to reestablish a new government for them. Just because Saddam is captured, doesn't mean all our problems are gone. Bush is straightforward and one-sided, and THAT is the kind of President we need in order to determine important and critical times of our country. Unfortunately, his one-sided attitude does not support issues like gay marriage, but also consider that his moralities and belief's are not meant to cause any racial injustice, either. And like I mentioned before, if he or Kerry did accept civil unions for gays, it wouldn't change America's perspective of the gay lifestyle.
So before complaining about anything, realize that there are bigger issues and that respect for the gay lifestyle will not get better unless we stand up ourselves, similar to Martin Luther King, and make the gay lifestyle a well-respected personal and moral issue before pertaining it to political issues.

So then, here's an answer from a gay American who would've voted for Bush.

 

i still think bush is the pretzel choking weiner he is portrayed as on t.v.