I was going speak more on this, but my I think about it, the more i realize this is just gossipy and trivial bs.
We got more important issues to debate around here.
Like your party constantly trying to deny access to reproductive rights for women.
Is America ready for a gay President?
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We got more important issues to debate around here.
Like your party constantly trying to deny access to reproductive rights for women.
Yinny
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It’s not gossipy, I don’t have a vested interest in outing or proving someone is gay, he was simply an example of my larger point. It actually figured quite prominently in his mayoral campaign against Sharpe James at the time but obviously hasn’t stopped his climb. Given that it even came up, what would it be like if he or anyone else were out?
I am genuinely curious as to whether America is prepared or willing to elect another fringe-ish President although literally the only diff between O and the rest was his skin color. Latinos, women and gays have made great strides in politics/policy in the last few years so I wanted to know if the pseudo-conservative blowback by electing Trump was maybe a sign that we’re not really interested in another “diverse” Pres.
This is a multivariate entity. There's a quite of few issues and conflicts at play that need to be enabled for someone from an underrepresented group to raise to power.
The biggest contributor is probably momentum as an orator. Essentially how believable, confident, and popular is a candidate is probably the biggest asset at play.
The coolness factor or swag effect means everything.
Obezzy vs McCain was a no brainer as far as coolness.
45 vs Trillary was a slaughter imo, because everything about her seemed forced. Meanwhile 45 was entertaining.
Obviously I just listed a bunch of anecdotal generalizations, but this is what the average voter uses to gage candidates. How cool someone is vs the actual platform they intend to stand for. Notice i mentioned nothing about the actual underrepresented groups themselves.
So in theory anyone from an underrepresented group could raise to power as a leader or candidate if their able to matter the art of selling b's.
Getting back to the issue of preparedness, people are never prepared. Never in a million years would I think that America would have elected Obama, but it happened. Same wit 45.
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shyt is on point.
Take It In Blood
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according to some historians it's already happened
me personally i don't care
Whoever will make America more like Denmark will get my vote regardless of what your gender/ethnicity/age or orientation is
me personally i don't care
Whoever will make America more like Denmark will get my vote regardless of what your gender/ethnicity/age or orientation is
We've had alot of gay presidents already 
superunknown23
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James Buchanan, who served from 1857 to 1861, was in fact our first gay president. He is the only president to have remained a bachelor throughout his life. (His niece, Harriet Lane, handled the duties of First Lady during his term in office.) He shared a home with William Rufus King, an Alabama Senator and Vice President under Buchanan’s predecessor, Franklin Pierce. Their relationship was reportedly so close that Andrew Jackson and other contemporaries referred to them as “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”.
In one letter to a confidante dated May 13, 1844, Buchanan wrote about his life after King moved to Paris to become the American ambassador to France:
In one letter to a confidante dated May 13, 1844, Buchanan wrote about his life after King moved to Paris to become the American ambassador to France:
Who Was Our First Gay President? | TIME.com
I actually did not know that about James Buchanan. :bpohh:
To be honest, though, I'm only knowledgeable of 17 or 18 presidents, most of them from the 20th-21st century.:kanyebp:
To be honest, though, I'm only knowledgeable of 17 or 18 presidents, most of them from the 20th-21st century.:kanyebp:
He might not be gay but he's for sure a fakkit.
America was more prepared for a gay president in 1857 than we are in 2018 
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
its good to see HL discussing pertinent issues of our day
theworldismine13
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the wannabe first gay mod of HL negged me
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Obama admitted to thinking about having a gay fling. Confirms he is gay basically. No straight man thinks of bein with another man EVER