Might you vote for a candidate for President of the USA if he/she has never been married?

[Boojatta]

[Lil Missy]

1. If he/she is the Democratic candidate, sure.

[Staph]

2. I am one of those never-married folks.

I'd like to think that y'all would vote for me!


:blush:

[CTyankee]

3. What on earth does that have to do with a qualification for being president?

What the hell? :shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

8. Unfortunately, you'd be quite shocked at the numbers of

millions who actually DO consider marital status, or lack thereof, to be an important qualification. You'd be surprised at how much those who are single and those who've never been married are looked upon askance by society in general and are discriminated against in many areas of life, socially, economically, legally, etc., etc. (there are hundreds of tangible and intangible benefits enjoyed by married couples, from tax and social security laws and policies, to employment policies, etc., etc.). And it gets worse the older you get. It's a lot better to be in your twenties and never married than to be 40 and up and never married. I was nearly 43 before I married a couple years ago, so I know of what I speak first-hand. Even my father treated me quite differently the very day after my wedding, which royally pissed me off. It was like he didn't consider me a "true adult" until I'd married. And the older you get, the more suspiciously you're regarded if you're single or never-married, the whole "there must be something wrong with you" type of crap.

[CTyankee]

11. Oh, god. That IS terrible. And I am shocked. It's pure bigotry, IMO.

[liberalhistorian]

17. Of course it is, but it's certainly nothing new.

Check out the website of the American Association of Single Persons, www.unmarriedamerica.com, for some real eye-openers. Especially regarding legal discrimination, tax and social security policy discrimination.

[LeftishBrit]

4. We already had at least one unmarried PM

Ted Heath. I wouldn't have voted for him, even if I'd been old enough, as he was a (very moderate) Tory- but we could have had much worse, and indeed did when Maggie Thatcher replaced him as Tory leader.

I am not interested in a politician's sexuality or personal life; I am interested in their policies and competence.

[rug]

5. The last time that happened the Union fell apart.

[Glorfindel]

7. Actually, the last time it happened, THIS man was elected

in 1884

[IndianaGreen]

6. This question came up years ago when Jerry Brown was running for President

We have had widowed Presidents in our history.

[Glorfindel]

9. Of course; actually, I'd prefer an unmarried President

as long as it's a Democratic President.

[liberal_at_heart]

10. I think the more interesting question would be:

Would you vote for a candadite that is not Christian?

[Toasterlad]

14. I'd Be Delighted To Vote For a Candidate That Is Not a Christian

Moreso, a candidate who has the balls to stand up and say that organized religion is nothing but a money-making scheme that preys (pun intended) on the gullible and hopeless would get my vote no matter what his/her position is on almost any other issue.

[Vidar]

12. matters not to me.I admire people who can make marriage work, but

I'm not one of them.

[Echo In Light]

13. An aside: the idea of a 'president' for 300 million people is highly absurd

... and illusory at best. My 2 cents

[Edweird]

15. Wasn't that a movie?

[FiveGoodMen]

16. Enthusiastically!

One possible explanation for Obama's continuation of everything Bush started is that Obama's family may have been threatened.

Someone without spouse or kids would be (relatively) immune to that type of pressure.

I think we ought to make it a requirement that the candidates have no immediate family.

[Boojatta]

18. Kick