LBGT Debate

GayWired.com - Gay rights took the spotlight in Los Angeles Thursday when the Democratic Party's leading presidential candidates gathered for a televised forum sponsored by a gay-themed cable channel Logo.

The unprecedented two-hour event featured Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, former senator John Edwards and others, who are all anxious to win political support in the gay community.

COMMENT: Who woulda thunk it? I had no idea there was to be a debate only for LBGT folk. Delightful [sarcasm]. Thanks to Talk Left for the heads up. The debate was sponsored by Logo TV & Human Rights Watch, a predominately white middle class gay "activist" group with close ties to the Democratic Party. It's definitely not a queer group. It's focus is to push for programs that would just mainstream LBGT folk into the American middle class culture of a hetero-type marriage, of mommoms and daddads - the consumerist apple pie culture. Note "...and others" in the story. Those other candidates were Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Bill Richardson. Kucinich and Gravel were the only candidates that came out for same-sex marriage. It should be noted that the Democratic Party does not endorse same-sex marriage in its platform. The Green Party supports universal marriage rights.

You can view parts of the debate on Logo TV here.