Romney meets diversity in NH--veteran Bob Garon.

I know a lot of bloggers are of the opinion that Romney's voter-identifier software was blown by Garon's appearance as a Vietnam vet and that he sort of didn't understand that the human being in question was a gay person until too late--

But the answer he gave was just about the only answer the chimera of "electability" as a GOP candidate offered. So he applied the formula "marriage is between a man and a woman", which is the answer he had to give per GOP CW. Although, as the info re: who donated to Prop 8 revealed, his church is wicked anti-gay marriage, also, too.

I hope this serves as a lesson, though: gay isn't an age, or an appearance, or a cultural phenomenon. Being LGBT* is just one identity out of many experiences or identities a person can have.  I think the idea of intersectionality is still one that people are still having problems wrapping their heads around--gays can be vets, gays can be religious, gays can be conservatives, and gays can be old, white, rural, wear plaid, whatever. Romney gave the answer his party would have expected to a person he expected wouldn't be gay.

I kind of hope this reminds people not to give expected answers, or to expect things about other people--just respect who people are, and give them the freedom to be that! And make up your own mind--don't let it be made up for you!