Hey, you GLBT people!

[MrCoffee]

:hug:

I'm a straight white married male. I can't imagine how you must feel these days. For the very very VERY little that it might be worth, I'm sorry.

:hug:

[flvegan]

1. I'm a straight, white, unmarried male, and I agree with you.

I'm also sorry, for what little it is worth.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Me, too.

No excuse for it.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I'm a straight, white Democratic female and I'm also sorry - what's happened is wrong nt

[JanMichael]

3. Same here. Well said.

This Warren thing has really brought the ugliness right out in the open...which I suppose is a good thing in the long run-- at least we can now recognize the homophobic freaks among us.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Add me to the chorus

Hispanic, white, male, married, straight.

I'm dissapointed in Obama's choice for the inauguration.

For what it's worth.

Love. :hug:

[terrya]

6. Thank you.

We're angry. We're struggling for equality, we have to deal with some asshole bigots who try to pretend they're "compassionate" by preaching how to "cure" oneself of their sexual orientation.

We're faced with 30 states who have ratified bigotry into their state constitutions. One state had marriage equality, but that was taken away from them this November. We were as joyous as anyone when Barack Obama was elected 11/4...and then we were faced with Prop 8 winning, plus marriage amendments winning in Arizona and Florida. The one in Florida is really nasty, because it bans everything...marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships. And oh...Arkansas passed an initiative banning gays and lesbians from adopting.

And now we're faced with a new President who says he's for gay and lesbian equality, but on the other hand selects a man who is our enemy to give the invocation on Inauguration Day. It's a confusing message, at best.

I shouldn't rant. I just need to get it off my chest.

Thank you, friend. :hug:

[MrCoffee]

10. Please don't apologize to me, I don't deserve it.

I haven't done enough, not nearly enough, to ensure something as simple and basic as equal rights for all. I owe YOU my apology, and you have it unconditionally.

[gollygee]

7. Straight, white, married woman here

You shouldn't have to put up with what you've been dealing with here. A place made up of liberals should be a pretty friendly spot. :(

:hug:

[uppityperson]

8. Me too.

I'm a white middle aged hetero female and I am sorry. I can only read, talk, think, try to understand how hurtful it all is and realize how far we have left to go.

[Mari333]

9. I am embarassed by so many of the posts I have seen lately

not just embarassed..shocked..I had no idea there was so much animosity towards GLBT civil rights. I am just shocked. never thought I would see it on DU.

[MrScorpio]

11. There are straight folk here that are gay folk's best allies

We all know that times are tough right now. Which is why it's best that we stay united.

Just remember that a house divided against itself can't stand

[Autumn]

12. I'm a straight married old white woman,

and I never knew what our GLBT brothers and sisters were going through , it was something that never affected me until I found some friends that were gay, and I am sorry for my ignorance. This can not be tolerated,it is morally wrong for them to be discriminated against in any way. This is a fight that we ALL have to join in.

[Politicub]

13. Thank you

Maybe I've just been looking at DU too long today, but your post made my eyes a bit wet. It means a lot to many people.

:hug:

[Vickers]

14. K&R

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

The GLBT folks around here kick some serious ASS! Don't think all DUers or Dems are against you, WE AIN'T.

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[bullwinkle428]

15. Straight, white, divorced male - no, "teh gays" were not responsible

for the dissolution of my marriage! :rofl:

Just tossing my hat into the ring of support as well... :grouphug:

[Smarmie Doofus]

16. Thanks. Understand, we realize we have plenty of friends on DU.

And we appreciate them.

[readmoreoften]

17. Thanks for reminding us of our friends.

It's important to remember that 2/3 are friends. We cherish you.

[Idealism]

18. I fully support our great GLBT community!

I wish some wouldn't be so quick to condemn entire political parties becauce of a few people inside them not seeing eye to eye with them on certain subjects, however

[TomInTib]

19. Raging, hedonistic hell-raiser here, and as long as Bush is out of there....

I don't really give a fuck about much else.

Hell, everybody's got their own gig.

[Lugnut]

20. Straight, white, married female

Adding my support to this thread. Everyone should have the right to be married for 42 years as my husband and I are.

[libodem]

21. Me too

[DonEBrook]

22. Cool. Or is it 'kewl'? haha...my partner of 28 years and I thank ya very kindly.

:D

[myrna minx]

23. I'm an unmarried straight white woman who stands with my GLBT brothers and sisters.

Almost everyone that I love is gay, so my heart is breaking. :grouphug:

[Parche]

24. why be sorry

its the evangelical right wingers that should be sorry

:hi:

[offog]

25. Amen, everybody!

I'm a straight single white middle-aged woman, and I feel bad about this too.

I've always been sympathetic to the cause in part because of some high school experiences. First, I had a couple of buddies who suffered because they were considered "faggy looking". Secondly, I was a really geeky kid, and I have some sense of what it's like to not fit in and feel like you have to hide who you are.

I've had a membership at a gay bar in my neighborhood for a couple of years, and the people there have been really good to me. I can't imagine not supporting their equal rights. (Up here in Canada, gay marriage is legal, and it's illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.) I feel that I owe the GLBT community something, so here's my expression of support.

With all the people to choose from, I can't believe Obama couldn't find somebody better.

[TahitiNut]

26. Well, it should go without saying

... in a sane world. :shrug:

:hug:

I've stood with my GLBT cousins all my adult life, and taken the hits, too. I'm sure not going to stop, no matter what.