One Issue Voting? Really?1?!

As I was pondering what would be my first rant of the day, I saw a headline on Yahoo about Black Christians wavering on voting for President Obama. I thought, "Oh no, not this far into the race." It is imperative that Americans are able to vote based on more than one issue. If the difference between Democrats and Republicans is only one issue then I can see voting on one issue. However we have issues in America. I had the pleasure of being the first elected open LGBT delegate from the state of Mississippi to the 2012 DNC. I remember speaking with another LGBT delegate from the South to the DNC about the importance of the election. This delegate, to his credit, understood why I was not a one issue delegate to the DNC. Although being able to have the same rights as heterosexual couples afforded to me by my government is important, there were other issues I face as a rural single black lesbian mother living in Mississippi with aging parents. If someone ran as a Democrat but did not support Gay Marriage that person would not lose my vote, if he or she supported the other planks of the Democratic National Platform. My faith in God allows me to know I will be ok as a homosexual in America. I have lived long enough to know the legal documents I require in order to have the same rights as heterosexual married couples. However if my innate rights as a human being and American citizen are subverted, then I shall not be ok. If the government does not improve transportation infrastructure in rural areas to include mass transit then my salary will continue to not cover my living expenses. If my drinking water becomes polluted due to the gutting of the EPA, I and my children will not survive. If the government is allowed to determine if rape is legitimate based on if conception occurs from the rape then my existence is reduced to nothing more than a broodmare. If I cannot count on my parents being able to have access to quality public healthcare that does require my getting a second mortgage then I am doomed. If states are allowed to continue subvert the voting rights of minorities in America then I shall not be allowed to have a voice in the American democracy. We as Americans need to vote based on more than one issue. When we limit our vision to the tip of our noses we fail to act in a matter that ensures our long-term success. There is more to life than homosexuality. Links: Please read the links. There is a reason I blog my thoughts. These links are to actual sources, please feel free to click. I could not get the link to the Republican Platform for this posting.

http://news.yahoo.com/african-american-christians-waver-over-vote-120333681--election.html

DNC 2012 Platform

Differences in platform

Black Lightning is more than ready for prime time

Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the

White Boys Whine

Quick and dirty Star Trek Discovery is everything I thought it would be. It is my hope the White boys chill the fuck out . There will be a White male captain . The Black woman will be of a lowered status. White boys are you appeased ? My personal view fuck White boys who had their dicks in a vise over women of color at the helm of a fictional space vessel. I shall watch Star Trek Discovery . I shall pay the fee to CBS Access with joy. If you wanted to watch OITNB you paid Netflix . Overall I look forward to the day a fictional show that features women of color in prominent positions doesn't freak out White males. They were so freaked out they compared The Orville to Star Trek Discovery . Guys chill out , future happens .

Y'all should eat my grits no cheese

It is two days after the GOP primary in Mississippi. We are still laughing at Mitt's attempt to cuddle up to us with cheesy grits and a few y'alls thrown in. In my area of Mississippi it is yaw'all(10 second word). Had he come here expecting us to be able to count to 20 without removing our shoes, he may have been taken a little bit more seriously. I am not sure if Mitt's grits ranks with Bush's "this part of the world" statement after Katrina but it ranks. Truthfully, I enjoy cheese in my grits along with garlic and red pepper. However, I do not think my love of grits, a bowl every morning, makes me Southern. Although I was born in Southern California and partially reared in Southern Wisconsin, I consider myself a full blown Mississippian. Along with keeping my grits to myself, I also speak without care of accent. The fact that I can tell you how to get from Memphis to the Coast without using the interstate or Google says I am from Mississippi.

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