A Log Cabin Democrat

There is a recurring arguement on several diaries this morning that any and all criticism of Harold Ford for remarks he made  yesterday on the prospect of gay marriage/civil unions in NJ are not only counter-productive, but could actually cost the Dem. control of the Senate. The reasoning goes that such criticism will among other things diminish the enthusiam of those in Tennesee who are working tirelessly for his election.

Now I am sure you all would concur that if a Dem. candidate for Sen had stooped to calling someone of, say, South-asian descent by a racist sounding name, something like "maccaca", or had verbally accosted another candidate in a wheelchair suffering from MS, we would be all over him/her, and rightly so. But that, after all, is name-calling, whereas Ford's comment merely reflects policy to deny a minority equal rights that he enjoys - a minority, I might add, that has already cost us at least one election, or so I'm told in several comments read today.

So, properly chastised, I will cease and desist from further criticisms. In fact, I will go one better. I am forming the  LOG CABIN DEMOCRATS. Our mission will be to support and work for those Democrats who promise to deny us that same rights   enjoyed by the heterosexual community. I hope other gay members of dKos and our sympathizers will join me in this  endeavor.      

AN IMPORTANT POINT OF CLARIFCATION lest I be troll-rated out of dKOs existence. If I resided in Tennesee (I am currently less than a half hour away- so please no comments about what the South is like, I know all too well - ,writing appropriatly enough in a  log cabin) and the election were as close as it is, I would indeed be voting for Ford, though holding my nose is not a strong enough metaphor for what my feelings would be. Wearing a gas mask,maybe? I strongly urge all gays in TN to overcome any revulsion you may feel and do the same. It is that important to take control of the Senate.
 I do have two questions for Mr. Ford, while I'm waiting for dKos to finish maintainence: 1)Why is it morally wrong to discriminate on the basis of race, but not on the basis of sexual orientation? 2)If your religious convictions are based on your reading of the Old Testament, a Bronze Age text, in part, are you aware that the same work also condones slavery, and was in fact used by Southerners to justify its existence?