Jimmy Carter disappoints on the issue of Texas and gay marriage

[MADem]

19. It's not your fault--they do a very good job of covering their roots.

I strongly disagree with BTA's take on Carter so I will have to disagree with you as well. I have posted links that decisively prove that Carter is not anti-LGBT, in fact, he fully supports marriage equality, but it certainly does benefit a right wing rag to make him appear that way by mangling his views to make it appear as though he is a supporter of discrimination when he is not.

They get page clicks, Carter gets crapped on. Win-win for them.

The bottom line is this-States control the issuance of marriage licenses, and they are, like it or not, going to make the decision, either by direct input from voters, or by judges elected by voters or selected by officials the voters have put in office. Yelling at Carter for making it plain that this is how the system works isn't fair to him, particularly when his stated viewpoints are pro-equality in all its forms. You notice that they don't mention his full endorsements of equality or his membership in a church that supports full equality in their piece--that would ruin the slant they want to advance.