Saturday, December 18, 2010

U.S. 'Gay President' Wouldn't be the First? Jimmy Carter

After former president Jimmy Carter, in a recent interview, suggested that America will soon have a homosexual elected as president, homosexual advocates suggest that past president(s) may have been closeted homosexuals.



-- From "Carter: U.S. is ready for gay president" by David Jackson, USA TODAY 12/16/10

We have an African-American president, who defeated the woman who could have been the first female president.

"I don't know about the next election, but I think in the near future," Carter told the website Big Think, broadcast on CNN.

Carter said the nation is acclimated to the idea of President Obama, or a President Hillary Rodham Clinton. He wouldn't be surprised to see similar feelings about a gay president.

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From "Jimmy Carter: America Will Get A Gay President" by Tony Cooper, SanDiego.com 12/17/10

Carter, the 39th POTUS, said the country has made "tremendous strides in dealing with the issue of gays," comparing the "issue of homosexuality" to the "race issue 50 years ago."

America has already elected an African-American president, which would have been inconceivable not too long ago. That being the case, is it truly logical that a gay or lesbian commander-in-chief can't be far behind?

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From "Jimmy Carter believes U.S. is ready for a gay president 'in the near future'" by UK Daily Mail Reporter 12/17/10

Carter said in an interview with the website Big Think . . . 'I don't know about the next election, but I think in the near future, because step by step we have realized that this issue of homosexuality has the same adverse and progressive elements as when we dealt with the race issue.'

Former Bill Clinton adviser and interviewer James Carville then wondered, 'How do we know we haven't had one?'

America has had one bachelor president, James Buchanan, from 1857-61.

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