Dallas Still Controlled by Straights

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Saturday was the runoff for Dallas City Mayor. The race had made news nationally as one candidates, former city councilman Ed Oakley is openly gay. I'm sure that each campaign will say that it didn't factor in the race, but when you had African American preachers telling their congregations not to vote for the Democratic-aligned Oakley because he

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[eggwards]

Ah, I didn't know that. Another plus for Providence. I know I've only been through there by train, but it would be a place i would consider moving to someday, espacially since it's easy to get to boston and New York City, without some of the large city problems.

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Well, Providence has more trouble than I thought. I guess all cities do to some extent, but I'd think about problems like that would be more in line with Baltimore than Providence.

I guess with cost-of-living in the Northeast, vs. Texas, I think of all of New England as more affluent, but that's just because you need to earn more to live. I did think it would be easier to live in Providence than to spend a lot more living in Boston. I don't think i could live in NYC at all. To crowded, too busy.

[bookish_cub]

That's a shame. Part of me hopes that all of the people who voted against their own best interests because they were afraid of a gay mayor will come to regret it, just like so many of the people who voted for Bush in 2004 because they were afraid of gay marriage. Unfortunately, they'll probably never admit that they made a mistake.

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Well, no matter what, the "gay issue" is still something that will drive people to the polls. One of the "people in the street" interviews had some people stating that they voted for Leppert because they didn't want Dallas known as the "gay capital" of the US. Really, I don't think those people had much to worry about.

Unfortunately there's still a problem with the perception that a gay candidate will only think about the gays, and isn't running for the benefit of all citizens. I guess since our politics do seem to be focused on equality, people don't understand equality for us means equality for all.

There's plenty of folks who will say it wasn't a consideration, but as you know about the south, people call folks they hate "precious".

[bookish_cub]

I guess that so many people are one-issue voters now that they can't imagine a candidate serving more than one interest.

[mrdreamjeans]

Thanks for the thoughtful post. It's good strong analysis.

HUGS!

[eggwards]

Thanks Neil. I thought I was a little strong with the headline, but it's really meant tounge-in-cheek.