Tag Archives: 2012 elections

(Via Andrew Belonsky)

Four year-old Abby is tired of all this nonstop talk about the election. We hear you, Abby. (Via Buzzfeed)

“When America’s leaders actively promote and legislate immorality, restrict the religious freedoms that our country was founded on, and are openly hostile to men and women of faith, then I believe we are ripe for God’s judgment. So pray and then vote on Nov. 6, asking God for His mercy and grace upon our land. There’s still time to turn …

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The Italian island state of Sicily has elected a gay governor. Rosario Crocetta, an openly gay politician from the Italian Partito Democratico party, has become the first openly gay governor of Sicily. He won last Sunday’s election on the Italian island with more than 30% of the votes, winning over the right-wing PDL (Popolo delle Libertà), which has governed in …

(Tipped by JMG reader William)

It’s an Obama conspiracy! Via The Hill: Hurricane Sandy has cast a cloud of uncertainty over the final jobs report before next week’s presidential election, with Labor Department officials scrambling to determine if the data can be finalized before Friday’s scheduled release. Officials at the Labor Department said Monday they have not yet decided whether to delay Friday’s employment report …

“A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program that contradicts fundamental contents of faith and morals.  Some candidates and one party have even chosen some of these as their party’s or their personal political platform. To vote for someone in favor of these positions means that you could be morally ‘complicit’ with these choices …

From today’s New York Times: Though it took Mr. Obama some time to do it, he overcame his hesitation about same-sex marriage and declared his support. That support has helped spur marriage-equality movements around the country. His Justice Department has also stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act against constitutional challenges. Mr. Romney opposes same-sex marriage and supports the federal …

An interesting note from Gallup: A new Gallup Report finds that 71% of LGBT Americans who are registered voters support President Obama for reelection, while 22% support Governor Mitt Romney. From June to September, non-LGBT registered voters preferred Romney to Obama by one percentage point, 47% to 46%. However, when LGBT voters are added to electorate, Obama moves slightly ahead …

The JMG household has voted unanimously. How about your own families? I’m seeing lots of frustration in my Facebook feed.

Yesterday President Obama became the first sitting president to use early voting. Have you voted yet? Unfortunately for those in the tri-state NYC area, we have no early voting.

Judging by the thousands of wingnut heads exploding all over Twitter, you’d think Lena Dunham is 14 years old, not 26. That said, it is a rather provocative move for the Obama campaign to greenlight an ad in which voting for the President is compared to losing one’s virginity. Gutsy. I like it. And not just for mention of same-sex …

There are eight of these in the Atlanta area.