-> Hello Frank,   
   ->    
   -> FS>->  FS> ->  FS> Romney's religion is not an issue.  Religion, as an   
   issue,   
   -> FS>->  FS> stopped ->  FS> when John Kennedy was elected. -> -> ->   
   Romney's   
   -> FS>->  FS> religion does affect public policy.   
   -> FS>->   
   -> FS>->  FS> In what way?  Kennedy's religion didn't seem to affect public   
   -> FS>policy   
   -> FS>->  FS> noticeably.   
   -> FS>->   
   -> FS>->   
   -> FS>-> His positions on LGBT rights do affect public policy and I do   
   refuse to   
   -> FS>vote   
   -> FS>-> for Romney. I will vote for Gary Johnson instead of Romney.   
   ->    
   -> FS>First, the LBBT people have the identical constitutional rights   
   -> FS>as do the rest of us so that's a non-issue.   
   ->    
   -> Gays and lesbians are not allowed to have the same benefits as those   
   -> who proclaim themselves as being straight.  For example, in order to   
   -> receive social security/medicare benefits, a spouse who has been married   
   -> to an individual of the opposite sex for a period of not less than ten   
   -> years is eligible for full benefits.  However, a spouse who is/has been   
   -> married to an individual of the same sex is denied benefits, regardless   
   -> of how long they have been married.   
        
   But that identical restriction applies to me, and applied to me and my   
   wife!   
      
   -> Would it not be better for an   
   -> individual to be able to marry an individual they love, rather than to   
   -> be forced to marry an individual they pretend to love?   
      
   That's beside the point!  Besides we have no objective, reliable way of   
   actually measuring the existence of such "love".   
      
   -> IOW, why should gays and lesbians be denied the same benefits   
   -> that all other Americans enjoy now?  In the Lofasoverse, everybody   
   -> should be guaranteed equal rights.  Not sure what the Romneyverse   
   -> is like, or would be like.   
      
   Homosexuals and Lesbians have exactly the same rights as *I* have -- no   
   more, no less!  Say, for example *I* wanted to marry a man.  I couldn't do   
   it.  Does that bother me??  Not in the least!   
       
   -> FS>If Romney wanted to violate their rights he'd hafta violate the   
   -> FS>constitution and that could lead to Impeachment!   
   ->    
   -> I have just cited policy by the social security administration   
   -> that discriminates against gays and lesbians.    
      
   Wot you have done is shown that homosexuals and lesbians do NOT have extra   
   rights.  They have to obey the same laws the rest of us do.   
      
   -> AFAIK, Barack Obama   
   -> is still the President of the United States.  As such, it is all   
   -> his fault.  But hey.  He can change that, making everything good,   
   -> by Executive Order.  And then all will be well in the land of   
   -> the free, and the home of the brave.  :)   
   ->    
   -> FS>Second, I don't know who Gary Johnson is ...   
   ->    
   -> If he is elected president you will.  :)   
      
   True ... and I supect there's almost a one in eighty-gazillion chances that   
   he will be POTUS.   
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