June 30, 201511 yr With all the doom and gloom in the forecast as a result of the recent SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage, this seems like a legitimate question to me. Will we live to see this happen? How about our children? Will it be a he or a she?
June 30, 201511 yr I would love to know how Hillary's numbers would change if she suddenly announced that she was gay.
June 30, 201511 yr I bet we already have. Without question IMO. Could you imagine if they were a Republican? Heads would explode :lol2:
June 30, 201511 yr As a society overall, I'm not sure that we are ready for an openly gay President. I'll bet by year 2040.
June 30, 201511 yr There's not enough of the younger, progressive thinking folks voting yet to make it happen, IMO. I definitely think it's a possibility in the future.
June 30, 201511 yr It will happen at some point. I don't know how far away it is but it sure seems like attitudes about gay marriage have moved rather quickly.
June 30, 201511 yr I was going to say we already have had at least one. I'd be interested in seeing how an openly gay candidate would be treated and received by the voting public.
June 30, 201511 yr I don't know how far away it is but it sure seems like attitudes about gay marriage have moved rather quickly. There's definitely been a dramatic shift just in the last decade or so. And like you, I agree that it will happen at some point.
June 30, 201511 yr My money is on James Buchanan. Our real first gay president - Salon.com Interesting.
June 30, 201511 yr I bet we already have. It is fairly commonly believed that James Buchanan was more than likely gay. He was often described as being quite effeminate, and was said to have had a "special relationship" with William Rufus King (who later became Franklin Pierce's VP). Buchanan was engaged at one point in time before becoming President, but his fiancee broke it off and dies soon afterwards. He never entertained any other relationship with a women for the remainder of his life. For what it's worth, Buchanan was a Democrat.
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