Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing 'identity politics'

Right now, my money and my vote are with Elizabeth Warren, but I'm thankful for the ways in which Mr Buttigieg calls out the Establishment within the Democratic party. THEY are why we got stuck with the circus we have today and THEY are why he could win again. THEY need to stop trying to fucking control the vote. THEY are no better than any Republican politician, as far as I'm concerned.

LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg sought to diffuse weeks of fraught questions about white privilege and his struggles attracting minorities to his campaign by calling out fellow Democrats on Saturday for playing “identity politics” and pitting one group’s grievances against another’s.

In a risky speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights group, Buttigieg warned of a “crisis of belonging in this country,” arguing it was exacerbated by “so-called identity politics” that emphasize how one person hasn’t walked in another’s shoes — “something that is true, but it doesn’t get us very far.”

He drew a direct line between the obstacles faced by a black, trans woman excluded by mainstream society and an out-of-work auto worker excluded by the new economy.

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LGBT Christians Critical of Franklin Graham

Frankly, Franklin needs to pass on like his dear old dad. He does not represent the new generation of Christians who are more welcoming to all. It's funny how Graham's generation are so closed to most everyone who is different. Their generation are the ones who have made this country so WASPish. It's gotta change and it's going to change, whether they like it or not. I no longer follow the Christian faith, but when I did, I viewed the judgement they're so quick to dish out none of anyone's business. God told people to share his "good news" full stop. Not to judge people. Not to do anything but spread his story. Seems to me you'd get more people to join your "club" if you didn't criticize those who joined or wanted to join.

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate, has been facing a lot of criticism from conservative Christians due to his outspokenness about his own Christian faith and his experience as a married gay man.

On Wednesday, Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, criticized Buttigieg’s sexuality and called into question his standing as a Christian.

Graham tweeted, “Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian. As a Christian I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman—not two men, not two women.”

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