Gays-4-Ron Paul?

Right here with ya!

My mind trembles for the simple fact. Though I BELIEVE I understand?
My blood is as RED as yours, It allows me to be what I am. Enjoy your Life as I do. That is my only wish for you. "TO EACH HIS OWN". You must live with yourself. I am sure of myself, are you? I shall cast no stone.

Remember the past as you look forward to today...

but my boyfriend is..........

would be interested in why they would not.
It seems to me they would love Ron Paul.

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Gays and Lesbians for Ron Paul

Ron's Philosophy: "Rights belong to individuals, not groups."

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GayWired Media Republican Endorsement: Ron Paul

"as a Libertarian whose legacy will show he fought to stay out of Americans' personal lives, he won’t be digging around for ways to limit our civil liberties...."

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Gay but I have plenty of friends who are, and if you want your rights as an American citizen, Ron Paul is the man for you. He, like our Founding Fathers, believe we are created equal, no matter what your religion, creed, or sexual preference, period. Believe, and so it shall be, and the government cannot take away your rights as a human being.

you crack me up!
Liberty and Freedom for our Grandkids"

He wouldn't impose a federal restriction on gay marriage....that alone should get him the gay vote.

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They ran an article regarding the Log Cabin Republicans in Dallas supporting Rudy...ok. But then the article went on to talk about Mitt, Fred, Huckabee and McCain...NO mention of Ron one way or the other. So here was my "letter to the editor"...
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I am not going to condemn anyone for their political choice or leanings. The fact that people are taking an interest in their government and elected officials should be something applauded, no matter what our individual and/or personal views.

However, I noted in last week's article regarding the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani by the Dallas Log Cabin Republicans that while the various other candidates were addressed, one was conspicuously omitted-- Ron Paul, a 20-year Republican Texas Congressman running for President of the United States.

How anyone cannot take this man seriously after all the various debates, record GOP fundraising from grassroots supporters, phenomenal internet popularity and a command of the issues themselves is a mystery to me, yet it would seem that your publication has fallen into the same trap as much of the mainstream media. I would therefore like to offer some points for consideration omitted in last week's article for your readers.

Regardless of whether you are a gay-American, African-American, Asian-American, etc, I would like to think that the word "American" takes precedence over any and all other labels for this discussion. I would also like to think that more of a "big picture" would be taken into consideration regarding the true issues, critical issues, facing our country and we as Americans collectively.

What difference does it make if the right to gay marriage is won, but yet your partner is called into active service overseas for years at a time, possibly never to return home alive? What difference also does it make if you receive equal rights for property ownership and after-death benefits if the dollars you and your partner have worked so hard for contiually are being devalued on the world market? Additionally, what difference does it make if you win all the rights of a domestic partnership, yet lose all of your individual liberties of speech, privacy and due process? These are a few of the reasons I support Ron Paul for President, a man with a 20-year track record of consistent voting in Congress, one who is pro-peace, pro-fiscal control, pro-personal liberties and pro-Constitution.

I think gay Americans need to take a look at this "big picture" going into the next election. There are issues, very serious issues, that are being looked over in lieu of that which sounds pleasing to the ear. By all means, support the candidate you feel best-equipped to lead our country, but do so with a sense of the collective, that which benefits all who fall under the banner of "We The People."

you guys want to bitch and moan about every single little detail in the campaign and you really need to knock it off. someone says something that you don't agree with and you guys call them trolls and blah blah blah. the WHOLE POINT of this campaign is that people are different but we support their right to be. if you want some "conform to my way of thinking" platform, go jump on the huckabee platform because that's what he's all about. as far as the gays, i'm not personally gay, but i do have homosexual friends and their all about RP because he said he wants to let them get married, that it's a church issue, not a federal one. which is a huge lead for him, because most of the candidates say no gay marriage or their for "civil unions". RP says if there's a church that will marry them, have at it, not the governments business. and that is HUGE in the gay community. you guys need to start getting the word out. I might hit up a couple of gay bars here in houston to put the word out. NE 1 wanna go?

I have been telling people on Fark.com that I'm gay and a Ron Paul supporter.

To the person that said "this is what Ron Paul is against," don't put words in the Doctor's mouth. He's for liberty and personal freedom.

If you need more convincing, look up what Barry Goldwater (Sr.) said about Gays before the religious right took over the republican party. To sum it up, it was basically: "who cares?!"

Is this a joke? Don't you listen to what Dr.Paul says? Don't you hear his message? This is exactly what he's against. He's against these "groups" and he's for the individual. He's referred to this EVERY SINGLE TIME someone asks him about "Don't ask, don't tell." Frankly speaking, maybe you need to do a little more research before you post this stuff here. This is not about your group or my group... it's about a message that WE ALL can live by. Group think is exactly why America is hurting. We are a group of individuals who love and live by liberty and freedom, and WE DON'T CARE what color your skin is or who you choose to sleep with. What is so hard to understand?

Seriously, is this some kind of joke or are you trying to sabotage Dr.Paul's message?

Please comprehend what it means to live by the Constitution of the United States of America.

For anyone on facebook I'd like to let you know there is a "Gays for Ron Paul" group.

I'm not gay, but I'm bisexual. Does that count?

I have several gay friends, and one recent comment I heard from a solidly political left individual was, "Paul is actually the first republican I could support." I found this to be a very strong statement on his part, and this was some months ago.

The points of alignment were Paul's view on the war, an acknowledgement that Ron Paul opposes the evangelical right's influence on social policy, and the understanding that libertarians are necessarily supportive of individual equality including opposing government restrictions on marriage.

It seems to me that Ron Paul goes one further, however, by arguing that marriage shouldn't even be the province of federal government. He has reminded some audiences that a "know your future spouse" health check idea was the interest that allowed government to begin oversight fairly recently in this nation's history. Should an elimination of federal government from the marriage province ever happen, it's likely this would simply revert back to the states to manage. That would be an improvement for gay rights nationally, as it could eliminate the marriage penalty for gay couples in federal tax filing, and allow full legal marriage status in many more states than Massachusetts. It is not, however, a position favorable to some who want to bet on a full, national reversal of policy by judicial intervention. I would argue that this could still happen, even with a Paul presidency.

At the state level, I see drug legalization and gay marriage both standing a much stronger chance of policy correction, especially without influence from the federal government. This shift away from federal power will have to be initiated with a future President or some kind of state's rights revelation from the Supreme Court, the latter of which is an unlikely prospect.

There is no reason why gays should not support Ron Paul. The message of liberty has a big umbrella. Ron Paul does not oppose gay marriage. Ron Paul does not believe in the military standard of "don't ask don't tell". He believe that the issue is not sexual orientation, but sexual misconduct that deserves discipline. Ron Paul believe that you do not get your rights from the government or from belonging to a group. Oppressive governments try to diminish liberty and divide people by their difference. Freedom unites people in spite of their differences.

I think the Pat Robertson wing of the GOP nuked that bridge. RINO Rudy is the only candidate that gays might listen to because of his over-the-top pro-gay um... stance. A New York Republican is a Democrat in many states.

My gay friends just tick the 'Democrat' box on the ballot. The primaries are the only time they actually stop to look at names.

I have seen an interview where gay marriage was brought up and Ron Paul said he respects the rights of individual choices. He said he personally may not agree with certain choices that individuals make but he feels the federal government should not interfere in those personal choices. He wants the government out of our personal lives.

I hope more of my gay friends see the deep implication of this. I find the answer more gratifying than taking sides on a particular specific issue. It supercedes "sides" in many of these Hot Button issues.

All rights are individuals. We do not get our rights because we belong to a group. Whether it's homosexuals, women, minorities, it leads us astray. You don't get your rights belonging to your group. A group can't force themselves on anybody else. So there should be no affirmative action for any group.

Source: 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

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I am a 41, usually a Democrat, GWM for Ron Paul. I haven't seen to many online. Maybe we should start a meetup group. I think the country is heading way in the wrong direction. There is no way I will vote for a candidate on wedges anymore. I really don't believe anything the Dems or Republicans say anymore. I do believe Dr. Paul when he speaks! His campaign is a once in a lifetime opportunity to really make tangible changes in how this country is governed!

I believe if any group hates government - it should be gay people.

The trick is walking them back from the deliberate rejection of gay people by the Republican Party. Most people forget that Bush the First got 44% of the gay vote in 1988. But that fell to 12% after gays were vilified in '92.

I personally voted for Perot because I thought the Republicans were just being obnoxious.

The best way to approach the issues are the same way I would approach most people "get the government out of your wallet, your home, and out of foreign wars."

A lot of gays are trained to be "knee jerk" pro-choice because they think it is connected to their privacy rights - which it is not...that's the biggest hurdle I have in convincing other gays to vote RP.

count me as one of your gays for ron paul.

as soon as i saw the youtube video of him at google saying " i don't want to be president to run your lives " i knew he'd be great.

i don't agree with RP 100% on everything, but my sense is that when the dems talk about gay issues it's basically pandering to us (since they've discovered there's a lot of us, many of whom have a ton of disposable income), whereas with paul this is not a hot button issue at all, it's just a question of libertarian constitutional principles being under attack from the rest of the republican party.

The big message is freedom. I have a friend who is a GM and all I had to say was freedom and he was hooked and spreading the word faster than a hug in a gay bar. : )