Palin is pro-life, pro-contraception, and a prominent member of Feminists for Life. While running for Governor of Alaska, Palin supported the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in schools; however, she noted she would not use "religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism" as criteria for selection to the school board.
She opposes same-sex marriage, but she has stated that she has gay friends and is receptive to gay and lesbian concerns about discrimination. Palin complied with an Alaskan state Supreme Court order and signed an implementation of same-sex benefits into law under protest, stating that legal options to avoid doing so had run out. She supported a non-binding referendum on whether there should be a constitutional amendment on the matter. Alaska was one of the first U.S. states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage, in 1998, along with Hawaii. Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment.
Palin's first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska's attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation
So I was listening to Randi and a guy named Sean said Palin's veto took away granting benefits to gay state employees but thebill says otherwise anyone know the facts? <3 ya randi
Full Version: Sarah Palin Hates Gays?
I take back my prediction that the US would break up by 2010.
If McChimpy dies after three weeks in office and this bimbo takes over, the country will break up in 2009.
McCAIN
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Bimbo
If McChimpy dies after three weeks in office and this bimbo takes over, the country will break up in 2009.
McCAIN
----*----
Bimbo
McCain/Bimbo 08
lol bimbo
There's more to the story than what the OP says.
Full story:
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008...nservative.aspx
QUOTE
"America may not know much about Sarah Palin, but based on what our community has seen of her, we know enough," said Joe Solmonese. "Sarah Palin not only supported the 1998 Alaska constitutional amendment banning marriage equality but, in her less than two years as Governor, even expressed the extreme position of supporting stripping away domestic partner benefits for state workers. When you can’t even support giving our community the rights to health insurance and pension benefits, it’s a frightening window into where she stands on equality."
Solmonese points to one of the confusing bits of Palin's political biography -- an early executive decision that seems, at first glance (but only at first glance) to tarnish her social conservative sheen.
In one of her first acts as governor last year, Palin reluctantly vetoed a bill that aimed to deny court-ordered benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees.
But the veto doesn't in any way indicate friendliness to LGBT issues or to the few dozen same-sex partners of state and Anchorage government employees who would have been eligible for the benefits. Instead, it indicates a reluctant acquiescence to the law.
She vetoed the bill only because the state's attorney general assured her that it was unconstitutional, and signing it would force the state into more expensive litigation that it had no hope of winning.
The veto did, indeed, finally allow state workers to obtain insurance benefits for their same-sex partners -- benefits that had been mandated by a court years before -- but Palin later supported an expensive and widely criticized crusade by a right-wing legislator to remove the benefits through a constitutional amendment.
Solmonese points to one of the confusing bits of Palin's political biography -- an early executive decision that seems, at first glance (but only at first glance) to tarnish her social conservative sheen.
In one of her first acts as governor last year, Palin reluctantly vetoed a bill that aimed to deny court-ordered benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees.
But the veto doesn't in any way indicate friendliness to LGBT issues or to the few dozen same-sex partners of state and Anchorage government employees who would have been eligible for the benefits. Instead, it indicates a reluctant acquiescence to the law.
She vetoed the bill only because the state's attorney general assured her that it was unconstitutional, and signing it would force the state into more expensive litigation that it had no hope of winning.
The veto did, indeed, finally allow state workers to obtain insurance benefits for their same-sex partners -- benefits that had been mandated by a court years before -- but Palin later supported an expensive and widely criticized crusade by a right-wing legislator to remove the benefits through a constitutional amendment.
Full story:
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008...nservative.aspx
Lord have mercy....If Jesus starts talking to her....we are all in trouble.
I would find it hard to believe that McCain would be insane enough to pick a candidate with (supposed) values that she has. He has to know that in the age of the Internets you can find out anything....about anyone. Oh...wait...maybe he doesn't.
I would find it hard to believe that McCain would be insane enough to pick a candidate with (supposed) values that she has. He has to know that in the age of the Internets you can find out anything....about anyone. Oh...wait...maybe he doesn't.
Who cares about the veto dude? If she's into creationism and has the neo-con background that she has, she's as anti-gay as they come. Big deal she has gay friends. Are you kidding me with that logic.
And from how I read the so-called veto, she did this because it was against the state laws of Alaska. So her pen was forced so to speak. She did not do this out of any furthering of civil rights for the LBGT community. Next!
And from how I read the so-called veto, she did this because it was against the state laws of Alaska. So her pen was forced so to speak. She did not do this out of any furthering of civil rights for the LBGT community. Next!
Sarah Palin Hates Gays?
Gays Hate Her Hair.
Gays Hate Her Hair.
Oops, Forgot The Shot Dept.:
QUOTE (brotherdavid @ Aug 31 2008, 03:12 AM) 
Gays Hate Her Hair.
We have Lesbian and Gay Concurrence. What up with that do?
QUOTE (5by5 @ Aug 31 2008, 05:09 AM)
We have Lesbian and Gay Concurrence. What up with that do?
Sanity. QUOTE (brotherdavid @ Aug 31 2008, 03:44 AM)
Oops, Forgot The Shot Dept.:
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Aug 31 2008, 11:57 AM)
QUOTE (adamquestor @ Aug 29 2008, 07:05 PM)
I take back my prediction that the US would break up by 2010.
If McChimpy dies after three weeks in office and this bimbo takes over, the country will break up in 2009.
McCAIN
----*----
Bimbo
If McChimpy dies after three weeks in office and this bimbo takes over, the country will break up in 2009.
McCAIN
----*----
Bimbo
Agreed. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United State of New Jersey.
McCAIN
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Token
Mahoney: There is NO DOUBT that "woman" HATES with every fiber of her being all of those who possess a soul, whether gay or straight.
QUOTE (Stoon @ Aug 29 2008, 04:43 PM)
There's more to the story than what the OP says.
So, you're telling me that Governor Sarah Palin actually supported changing the Alaska State Constitution so that domestic benefits could be denied to gay and lesbian employees? Yikes!
QUOTE (Wayne @ Aug 31 2008, 11:50 PM)
So, you're telling me that Governor Sarah Palin actually supported changing the Alaska State Constitution so that domestic benefits could be denied to gay and lesbian employees? Yikes!
She did, but only because she couldn't get around it.
permit me to vent.
Hey look! a bell pepper with glasses!
QUOTE (pestone @ Sep 1 2008, 01:08 AM)
permit me to vent.
Go right ahead.
QUOTE (pestone @ Sep 1 2008, 12:08 AM)
permit me to vent.
The bane of my youth. Oh, the shudders.
Of course she hates gay. She's a fundie. It goes with the territory.
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