To begin, I thought John Edwards' speech was great. He did a fantastic job of uniting a lot of aspects of America under the Democratic party. However, the one thing I noticed was that he mentioned Black America, Latino America, Asian America... but what about Gay America?
I honestly believe he may have thought of including it, with the recent hate bill being presented in Congress to amend the Constitution that both he and Kerry opposed, but it probably didn't make the speech because people might hesitate once they heard it, which is unfortunate but very possible. Maybe we'll get gay rights on the Democratic platform in 2008? 2012? I just wish we could talk about it now so we could get these issues solved sooner.
One thing at a time, I guess. Maybe I'm too progressive. At least John Kerry/Edwards promote the acceptance and tolerance of gays as people, unlike the current administration which views gays as, well, the worst thing to happen to society since black people.
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