Monday, November 12, 2007

Help - What to they stand for?

With the presidential race gearing up, it's hard to keep track of all of the candidates and where they stand on the issues. Chris found a great site for me, 2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues.

You can see where they are on the issues and whether or not they've changed their position by supporting things and then opposing them. I like to see candidates that make their decisions and keep to them.

For example, if you hold the mouse over the "other" icons, you can see in the comment, why the candidate can't state yes/no/undecided on an issue. On the issue of Same-Sex Civil Union and Same Sex Marriage (yes there is a difference between those two phrases), four of the candidates didn't say definitively yes/no, rather provided a reasoning behind their decision. For example, three of the four candidates said they'd want it to be left up to the states.

I was glad to see, however, that all of the candidates had a yes/no answer to Constitutional Ban. Personally, I think it is socially repugnant to think that this country has to go to the lengths of a CONSTITUTIONAL BAN to completely deny others the right to legally recognize their relationship. That's not what the constitution is for! I believe whole-heartedly in telling others what you DO want instead of spending all your time telling everyone what you don't want.

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