Poll: Majority of Americans open to supporting a gay presidential candidate.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/22/poll-majority-of-americans-open-to-supporting-a-gay-presidential-candidate/

Poll: Majority of Americans open to supporting a gay presidential candidate.»

A new Zogby poll finds 65 percent of U.S. voters say they “strongly” or “somewhat” agree that they could support an openly gay presidential candidate. Seventy-one percent also said that they could support the appointment of an openly gay Cabinet-level secretary. According to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, more than “415 openly LGBT elected officials serve at every level of government throughout the United States, a ten-fold increase in just the last two decades.”

[RB TexLa]

1. That's a poll without an actual candidate

[babylonsister]

2. So? It's still good news imo. nt

[bigscott]

3. we cant even get married

and they are gonna allow one of us to be president??

Sure they are

Peace

[Terran]

9. Right...does this theoretical gay president

get to move his or her partner into the White House too? Oy, the complexities it will entail, best not to even go there.

(:sarcasm:)

[YOY]

4. Yes, I can just imagine someone making an obviously photoshopped "humorous" photo now

Featuring the candidate in the "catching" end of things. The public would take that in proper context...

I wonder what political party would do that... (<----RHETORICAL QUESTION)

Then again someone made this one for Rummy:

I don't think it was a FReeper...

[bigscott]

5. I would vote for that Fireman

in a heartbeat

[Occam Bandage]

6. Good news. Of course, people are always more open to hypotheticals

than to reality, but it's good news all the same.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. I think it is encouraging

And I'm glad to read it. 415 is higher than I'd have guessed too. Thanks for sharing this.

[endthewar]

8. Better take it with a grain of salt

I think this is a great example of where people might say one thing to a pollster and another thing to the voting booth. Nobody feels comfortable admitting that they're a bigot to a complete stranger. Unless you're Rush Limbaugh of course. :rofl:

[goclark]

10. There have probably been Gay Presidents

Didn't I read someplace that Abe Lincoln was Gay.

Think I did ~

Sure there were more , it should not matter one bit.