the cooties

The New York State Conservative Party may drop its support of a state Senate candidate Republican Janis Castaldi  due to her being married to another woman.

“I want to be fair to the candidate, but I assume she has a different point of view on gay marriage than the party does, and that would be a problem,” Long said.

Rockland County Conservative Party Chairwoman Mary Loeffler also said she did not know Castaldi’s marital status before her committee backed the former Ossining village trustee.

“She’s married to a woman? Oh boy,” Loeffler said. “That puts a little crimp in it right now.” (Huffington Post)

Unless you are NOT one of those who are hated, you stand very little room in the favored category in the very racist and homophobic Republican/Tea Party. You can hate with the best of them but if you are a part of the minority being hated, no matter how deep seated your words of anger may be about people like you, you are still the enemy. If you got the cooties you too must suffer the consequences.

And still there are members of the LGBT community calling themselves GOProud who proudly voice their favor toward the Republican/Tea Party. This group of LGBT men and women insist that it IS only about the economy and the sanctity of Capitalism that counts. Matters of the heart or body or equality and those that are fair are only secondary to being rich. This IS America and wealth is the foundation of the pursuit of happiness.

There were Jews in Berlin during Hitlers rise who said we are Germans first, we are wealthy, we are not like the other Jews being persecuted. We are part of the status quo, no one will do to us what they do to those not like us. That population did not remain in the status quo for too long. They were wealthy, they were the 1% percent, but then they were also Jewish.

I have some good friends, who among other things happen to be from the the LGBT community. Many are angry with the President because they believe Mr. Obama is also in the grasp of the bankers, the oil cartels, the 1% percent who seem to be best friends of the very activist Supreme Court. So, some refuse to either cast a vote or if casting a vote will neither vote for Obama or Romney.

This IS America and thank goodness, unless the Republican/Tea Party state legislatures succeed in voter suppression laws all legal Americans can cast a vote or decide not to vote. But I wonder why is there even a question of lesser of two evils by members of the LGBT community when one of the two evils... insists that an amendment  prohibiting marriage between same sex couples should be added to the Constitution... insists that Gay couples should not adopt children...want to repeal Gays serving in the military... is fighting DOMA.

I am so confused why it seems that the LGBT community think once the economy is fixed all civil and equal rights for the LGBT community will be reinstated. I am so confounded that there is even the question of lesser than two evils when one is so evil as to consider the LGBT community as second class citizens. I am so curious why anyone within the LGBT community thinks that exclusion is a good thing in any government.

If you are accused of having the cooties no matter what you do those who accuse you will insist that the contagion is irreparable. And oh by the way, I am so amazed that women would even consider women who oppose reproductive rights for females as legitimate politicians. I am surprised that people of Latin decent would even consider voting for politicians who want to deny equal rights. I can go on and on....

Its about the economy, right! So you have a job at less than minimum wage, no benefits, must pay high payments for health care. You have no privacy in your bedroom, or doctors office. You have a job, right! You are denied the right to vote, the right wed, the right to purchase a home. You have a job so nothing else matters. Oh yeah you have a job and as long as you don’t have cooties everything is alright!