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[b]Is America ready to elect a gay president?[/b]

I think the kind of people who wouldn't vote for Pete Buttigieg because he's gay, wouldn't vote for him if he was straight either, because they won't ever vote for a Democrat. I also know conservatives who would support a gay Republican candidate, however. So I'm wondering if there are any liberals who would vote for Trump or would sit out the next election if Buttigieg is the Democratic nominee. And I mean, just because he's gay, not because you disagree with his policy positions.
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MasterLee · 56-60, M
We had two already
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee Buchanan and Lincoln
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 Lincoln was suspected not confirmed
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee Buchanan was also suspected but not confirmed. He was the only bachelor president.

Otherwise, all straight men.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 lol obama straight? Good joke
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee He has two daughters who look like him. There’s zero evidence that he’s gay. Who cares?

Just curious, are you gay?
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 i never said he was gay. I laughed at the notion of him being straight.
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee You think he’s asexual? What evidence do you have for that? He doesn’t cheat on his wife, but a lot of men don’t, so nothing unusual there.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 lol you make a lot of assumptions
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee You just said he isn’t gay or straight. That leaves asexual or I guess bisexual.

What do you think he is? All the evidence seems to point to straight monogamous.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 all the evidence points to bi but personally I bet he is homoflexible.
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee Let's see - married to a woman, has two children with her, no evidence of him ever having had gay sex...nope, I'm going with straight.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 lots of evidence. Bathhouse barry was a staple. Jury still out on "michelle"
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee No, there's no evidence. But if your standard is "someone said something," then you would have to accept that Trump raped a 13 year old girl because he was sued over that. And let's not even bring up Kavanaugh. So you should at least be consistent if you're going to automatically believe what some obscure person says.

I've never even heard rumors that Michelle is lesbian. You're just making stuff up.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 stay on topic
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee The "topic" is you saying Obama is bi without providing evidence.

Lincoln did that thigh thing with Joshua Speed; that sounds pretty gay to me.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 your standard of evidence seems low for lincoln and too high for obama. Hypocrite much?
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee I’m not aware of any credible accounts of Obama engaging in gay sex. I agree that the claims about Lincoln and Joshua Speed are not that solid. Both men married women and had kids, so they both qualify as straight. Buchanan is assumed to be gay because he was single, which doesn’t mean anything.

A lot of straight men experiment with gay sex when they’re younger. Obama doing that doesn’t make him gay. Lincoln on the other hand was married at the time and a lot older. There are zero allegations that Obama had gay sex when he was married or cheated on Michelle at any time.

So you kind of have the double standard. Your admiration of Lincoln and hatred of Obama shouldn’t factor in.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@Lila15 it doesn't factor in.
Lila15 · 22-25, F
@MasterLee The reality is that there is no solid evidence that any president was gay. Buttigieg is the first Democratic candidate and the second major party candidate to be openly gay. The first was Republican Fred Karger who ran in 2012.