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America Is Ready For Gay President, Says Democratic Aspirant Buttigieg by Babanews(m): 11:31pm On Feb 03, 2019 |
Pete Buttigieg, an openly gay mayor who is running for US president, said Sunday he believes America will judge him based on the quality of his ideas and experience. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, launched his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in January. If elected — which for now seems unlikely — Buttigieg, a former naval intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan, would become the first openly homosexual president of the United States. He is among a crush of Democrats vying to unseat Republican Donald Trump next year. Other declared Democrats include Trump nemesis Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris, a California senator who aspires to be the nation’s first black female president. But are Americans ready for a president who is openly gay and in a same-sex marriage? The question was put to him in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” “I think there’s only one way to find out,” said the mayor of the city whose population is about 100,000. Buttigieg, 37, recalled that he came out as gay in 2015 in the middle of a re-election campaign. South Bend is a conservative community and at the time Mike Pence was governor of the state, Buttigieg said, recalling that he still got re-elected with “80 percent of the vote.” “So, I think the lesson we learned is that people are prepared to get to know you and judge you based on the quality of your ideas and your experience and your work. And I trust that America could do that too.” Buttigieg, who has been South Bend’s mayor since 2012, married junior high school teacher Chasten Glezman last year. Same-sex marriages have been legal throughout the United States since a 2015 Supreme Court decision. In last November’s mid-term elections, Jared Polis became the first openly gay governor in US history when he was elected in Colorado, after serving in Congress. Source: https://www.babanewsline.com.ng/2019/02/america-is-ready-for-gay-president-says.html 1 Share
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Re: America Is Ready For Gay President, Says Democratic Aspirant Buttigieg by Dronedude(m): 12:34am On Feb 04, 2019 |
There is no harm in dreaming. But when your dream lies in the hands of people for actualization, then the content of your dream can either make or break you. He is already going nowhere with his dream in my opinion because he is first offering his status before his purpose. |
Re: America Is Ready For Gay President, Says Democratic Aspirant Buttigieg by panafrican(m): 4:26am On Feb 06, 2019 |
He is slow just like all LGBT fools. |
Re: America Is Ready For Gay President, Says Democratic Aspirant Buttigieg by TheShopKeeper(m): 6:38pm On Feb 06, 2019 |
...not in a million years...that will never happen... |
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