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You did not capture the essence...wink.So I paraphrased. Sue me.
You did not capture the essence...wink.So I paraphrased. Sue me.
MMC is a conservative. Your use of the plural in this case is wildly inaccurate.
So you are one of the SSM supporters among Conservatives? I wish we heard more from them. All I hear is it is against God's law.
So you are one of the pro-choice, SSM supporters among Conservatives? I wish we heard more from them. All I hear is it is against God's law.
"We're not homophobic, we just want to put all gays in prison."
Good to see Obama interested in the welfare of homosexuals in Africa. Because you know, the USA is a shining light in the progress for gay equality so Obama can go around the world lecturing other countries on how to handle that.
Now. I know, Obama supports gay marriage. Whoopy-doo. He is the head of state, he isn't representing himself as a personal figure when he goes and talks to other nations, he represents the USA. Does the USA have a federal gay marriage act? No. Do the majority if US states allow gay marriage? No. Only 13/50 have legalized gay marriage.
So for all intent and purposes, while being gay isn't illegal, he has no authority to go and lecture other countries on gay rights.
I think Obama should have stayed at home if he really wanted to fix this issue and put his diplomatic talents to solving the problems in his own backyard. And who goes to talk about homosexuals in Senegal? They have an infant mortality rate of 77/1000 people and malaria is going through the roof. They have BIG problems in that tiny country the least of which is gay right. Big problems like crap healthcare. So homosexuals may just not live to explore their married life because they'll die of Malaria and AIDS.
Here's an idea. Why didn't Obama go to Senegal and discuss healthcare with them? Obamacare is the staple of his presidency, isn't it? Why didn't he go there to discuss the new agreements regarding democratic progress and work out a program in how foreign aid is given to them as they accomplish certain objectives in the line of democracy and healthcare.
Seriously. This is just insane. It's freaking insane.
Sovereign nation can do whatever they want. Just another thing for us to involve ourselves where we are not wanted.Oh, I guess they're throwing people in jail or killing people out of love.
That is not even the funniest part of this. The funniest part is that MMC loves it since the guy criticized Obama. Doesn't matter what the criticism is, if you complain about Obama, you are good to him.
How do you know that the President didn't discuss Senegal's health problems?
Good to see Obama interested in the welfare of homosexuals in Africa. Because you know, the USA is a shining light in the progress for gay equality so Obama can go around the world lecturing other countries on how to handle that.
Now. I know, Obama supports gay marriage. Whoopy-doo. He is the head of state, he isn't representing himself as a personal figure when he goes and talks to other nations, he represents the USA. Does the USA have a federal gay marriage act? No. Do the majority if US states allow gay marriage? No. Only 13/50 have legalized gay marriage.
So for all intent and purposes, while being gay isn't illegal, he has no authority to go and lecture other countries on gay rights.
I think Obama should have stayed at home if he really wanted to fix this issue and put his diplomatic talents to solving the problems in his own backyard. And who goes to talk about homosexuals in Senegal? They have an infant mortality rate of 77/1000 people and malaria is going through the roof. They have BIG problems in that tiny country the least of which is gay right. Big problems like crap healthcare. So homosexuals may just not live to explore their married life because they'll die of Malaria and AIDS.
Here's an idea. Why didn't Obama go to Senegal and discuss healthcare with them? Obamacare is the staple of his presidency, isn't it? Why didn't he go there to discuss the new agreements regarding democratic progress and work out a program in how foreign aid is given to them as they accomplish certain objectives in the line of democracy and healthcare.
Seriously. This is just insane. It's freaking insane.
Seems like Obama is getting bitch slapped wherever he goes. It's becoming an international sport and may be in the next Olympics.
This isn't why he went to Africa. The timing just happened to coincide with the rulings.
President Obama’s journey to Africa will reach back into earlier times when Africa struggled against slavery and white domination, represented in planned visits to the island shrines of Gorée Island near Dakar, considered by some a symbol of the slave trade
Questioned about African discrimination against gays, in the wake of Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision — gays are seen as persecuted in Senegal as elsewhere on the continent — Mr. Obama responded that states should practice equal treatment for all.
Sovereign nation can do whatever they want. Just another thing for us to involve ourselves where we are not wanted.
Got the smack down? Hardly, lol. A foreign leader, from a country so backwards on homosexuality that it is criminalized, doesn't agree with his views on the presidents domestic policy. Hardly a "smack down". Typical of todays news culture though. Blow everything out of proportion. Did you criticize someone? Oh then you gave them a smack down. Bunch of crap, lol.
Dude, the guy is spying on all americans legally. Do you really need to go to africa to try and make up something to whine about? You have a real Obamagate finally with him trying to capture the witness from our biggest enemies in the world. Hell, this snowden thing is actually worse than watergate by a lot, and you are worried about him and gays in africa? I do not even get what you are complaining about here. Are we supposed to be bothered because he didn't drone the guy for not decriminalizing homosexuality? IS he supposed to be the secret dictator of africa and they are ignoring him? So africa is homophobic, it is not our country and obama cannot do much about that. hell, he cannot even get americans to work together for much other than spying and killing muslims. he doesn't have to hold his head in shame over DOMA anymore with the rest of the world so give him a break.
In answer to your question, I'd say, yeah, they are scared and have contempt. That's exactly how everyone that want to continue to jail junkies feels.why does fear or contempt have to be the rationality for their policy?
I find your response far more ridiculous.
couldn't they simply be misguided?
I think our policy on how we treat drug addicts pretty stupid. Is everyone that wants to continue to put heroine users in jail scared or have contempt for the users?
It didn't make it in the news coverage. So either what he discussed about healthcare was fruitless or he didn't discuss it at all. And it also has no mention of foreign aid or anything of the sorts.
So from all the info I gather from the report, Obama was mostly interested to talk about gays.
Well news is news. Whether those on the left like, accept, or not like it. So they really do need to get over their man being picked on. Whining about it wont help!
I am a liberal. That does not change the fact that you extrapolated from one to many, something I just yesterday criticized a conservative for doing. Also note that many conservatives are for SSM. I know of no conservatives outside of maybe MMC who think homosexuality should be criminalized.
Didn't notice that 38 Countries just inside the African Continent. Nor the 4 that put people to death huh? I'll bet you were thinking that the Rest of the Muslims in the ME and around the World were all tolerant of gay Rights too.
I guess that part about Sall saying we are a Muslim country and we CERTAINTLY CANT HAVE IT HERE. Kinda shot Right past your conception.....huh? That for him it is not acceptable anywhere in the world.
Let me take a guess.....you thought he was joking Right? Did you catch the message that Leader was saying as a Muslim? Rhetorical question.....no need to answer. :roll:
The report was strictly about the press conference following an hour long meeting with the Senegalese President so we don't know what was discussed in private.
I don't know - you don't know
Apparently one can over look the phrase "criminalized homosexuality" so long as its critical of Obama?
Are you seriously so desperate for anything that you can't stand with Obama on the issue of whether or not homosexuality should be criminalized or not? Jesus. Not only that but you're OK with a Muslim Head of State implementing part of their religious law, ie Sharia Law, you're OK with that so long as it's critical of Obama?
I think you should take a hard look in the mirror and think for a moment about what's really important to you, selling out every sense of decency and integrity for a chance to launch a lame attack at Obama? Or you know having some standards?
Exactly why insurance should be taken out of the workplace. Health isn't an option, so insurance shouldn't have to be either. But that's a tangent so I won't elaborate. Just read the last line and felt the need to point out that you've hit a nail on the head you may not have intended to.I am. I'm also an agnostic, so there's that....
the only exception I would keep is private employers should be free to decide for themselves if they want to insure same sex spouses.