Dear Hillary

[Neecy]

Senator Clinton,

Since you seem conflicted on whether or not being gay is immoral, perhaps we can offer a bit of personal history to help you make this apparently agonizing decision. I'll be sure to forward this thread to your campaign, even though you have close gay friends and certainly many gay people have helped both you and your husband throughout your careers - but still you don't quite get it, do you? So here you go.

Me: I came of age in the 1970's, just around the time Anita Bryant was telling the nation how 'immoral' I, as a teenager, was. That I was a threat to American values, a predator, and a pervert. Nice message for a young girl, eh? Just filled me with self-esteem and postive affirmations! Imagine the world telling this to *your* daughter - how would you have reacted?

Then came the 1980's and Reagan and evangelicals and even mainstream clerics telling us that AIDS was "God's retribution" and recommending quarantine. Remember that? Remember how Reagan didn't even mention the word AIDS for years while my gay brothers died like flies? I do.

Fast forward to the 1990's, when your husband ran for the presidency. Wow, was I excited! I gave lots of money to his campaign and like so many in the gay community worked to get him elected. Then came his disasterous bungling of the military policy and then his opportunistic, craven DOMA signing. Things don't change much, do they, Hill?

Of course this decade has been very exciting for us as well, what with the furor over gay marriage - which your husband advised John Kerry to oppose - and now we're really getting to the nib of things, aren't we, by framing the issue as to whether we, as taxpaying, law-abiding American citizens are really just "immoral". That's getting right down to business, isn't it?

I'm in my forties now, Hillary, and what a ride it's been! Four decades of insults, oppression, denial of not just my human rights but of my human dignity! Sucks to be me, doesn't it?

So as you can see I'm now a little cautious when politicians ask for my money and my time and then insult, degrade and oppress me. So, point-blank and this is for a primary vote: Am I immoral?

Waiting for your response (but not holding my breath!),

Neecy

[Dhalgren]

1. Good letter, Neecy. No more back of the bus for anyone, and I mean anyone...

[gaspee]

2. Awesome letter

All I can say is "ditto."

[Solly Mack]

3. Bravo

[WI_DEM]

4. Hillary will do anything to court favor with those on the right

[grace0418]

5. She never did have my primary vote, no matter what she might answer to

your question.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. It takes a village to oppress a minority... n/t

[earthlover]

7. Hillary's most important goal....

...She is in it to win.

Something whe shares with George W Bush, by the way.

So Hillary will treat this issue like she does every issue. She will not take a stand unless the political winds blow her one way or another.

Is Hillary immoral? I will leave that for others to decide....

[Madspirit]

9. In common with them all

**...She is in it to win.
Something she shares with George W Bush, by the way.**


This would be something she has in common with all politicians. It would be an odd politician NOT in it to win.
Lee

[earthlover]

10. of course all politicians are in it to win...

...that is why it was so underwhelming that when Hillary announced and had the opportunity to tell us the reasons why she would pursue such a goal as running for president the most she could say was she was in it to win. Yawn.

It is, however, a wonderful summary of her total ethic. THat is ALL she cares about. Period.

[Madspirit]

8. Back to the Back of the Bus

I was going to post something just like this. Thank-you. I am very pleased also that you brought up all the devoted help both she and her husband have gotten from the gay/lesbian community.

Thanks for saying all you said. k&r
Lee