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CellarDweller:
I mean an 'out' gay president.
Jeff Wrangler:
Hmmm. Fifty years from now isn't that long. Fifty years from now race will still be an issue, and we will not have had an openly gay president.
And be wary of applying the term gay to people who lived more than 150 years ago.
(I'm such a Debbie Downer. ;D )
southendmd:
Well, for what it's worth, Buchanan was inseparable from William Rufus King.
Andrew Jackson called them "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy".
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on August 28, 2013, 08:09:17 pm ---Well, for what it's worth, Buchanan was inseparable from William Rufus King.
Andrew Jackson called them "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy".
--- End quote ---
Yes, for what it's worth.
But consider the source. ;D
And Abraham Lincoln apparently shared a bed with his law partner.
serious crayons:
Maybe I'm glass half full, but when I think of what the culture of this country was like 50 years ago -- within my lifetime; almost within my memory! -- segregation widespread, interracial marriage banned, black people attacked for sitting in Woolworth diners, women needing permission from husbands to get a credit card and banned from many jobs, gay people presented in cautionary school newsreels as sexual predators ... it would not surprise me at all to think that 50 years from now race won't be a big deal and we could potentially have a gay president.
We have a black president now. A woman candidate almost won. Gay marriage is in a dominoes situation. A gay president might takes a few more steps, but that's not out of the picture. Not. At. All.
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