All evidence to the contrary.

Here's a recent quote by Rick Davis, McCain campaign manager.

"We'll let the chips fall where they may when it comes to how people perceive this, but we are not going to let anybody paint John McCain, who's fought his entire life for equal rights for everyone, to be able to be painted as racist."

Ummmmm... news flash Mr. Davis, McCain is done just the opposite of that, unless you don't consider Gays / Lesbians part of "everyone".

He voted to ammend the Arizona state constitution that basically defines marriage as between a man and a women, he supports don't ask don't tell. He's opposed to ENDA, he's opposed Federal Hate crimes laws. He voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits same sex couples from receiving federal benefits in any state and he has supported the nomination of Anti- GLBT judges such as Alito.


I think Mr. Davis needs to do his homework.

What's your state's score?

TP pointed me towards a recent, very interesting article that breaks out the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered americans and gives each state a numerical score. While there are probably a few "errors" in the analysis, it at least provides some baseline information.

You can see you your state scored here: http://www.equalitygiving.org/States-of-Equality-and-Gay-Rights-Scorecard