Originally Posted by martinguerre

i'm a total liberal...and identify as queer.... Despite my support for Kerry in most matters, i'm very disaapointed in him. It's a cheap stunt to use someone's family like that. I disagree with Mary, and i think she's participating in the oppression of the queer community. But it seems apparent to me that to many listeners, hearing that she is gay would be percieved as a negative. Kerry appears to have intended this...it was an attack on Bush's credibility with his base supporters.

Outing is a way of using your queer idenity as an insult. It is a last ditch manouver, to be reserved for the most extreme circumstance. Kerry dissapointed me...but i will forgive it. He has been supportive of the community in other ways...and of the canidates, provides the best outcome for the queer community, IMO.