[Newsbot]

Filibuster Cartoons
Title: The gays take Iceland (click to view)
Date: February 8, 2009
The nation of Iceland, the same country that elected the world's first-ever woman president in 1980, now has the world's first-ever gay head of state. Ms. Johanna Sigurdardottir, the leader of the socialist party, was appointed interim prime minister last week, following the resignation of embattled former prime minister Geir Haarde.

Sigurdardottir is an open lesbian, and is in a civil union with another woman, under that country's domestic partnership laws. Though a historic first, an election is just around the corner, and time will tell if Iceland is progessive enough to actually elect the interim PM to a full term.

[commanderkai]

lily wrote:

And if she loses that election, of course the only reason will be that she's a lesbian. Nothing else will factor in at all, right?

Yeah, the last sentence just seems to be building up a whole "YOU'RE ALL HOMOPHOBIC" if they don't elect her. Sigh...

[Sapio]

Maybe I'm crazy, but why does it matter if someone is guy or not. It is all about they polices and what they will or will not do as leader of the country.

[mtbr]

Sapio wrote:

Maybe I'm crazy, but why does it matter if someone is guy or not. It is all about they polices and what they will or will not do as leader of the country.

guy or women it shouldn't matter

[Brenda]

My thoughts exactly

then again... it was a huge deal... the first BLACK president of the US... Who freakin cares?

[roger-roger]

Call me when the first athiest is democraticly elected as a leader of a western nation....

[Psudo]

I took "progressive" to refer to a political ideology that calls itself that. Thus, the sentence isn't about "You're homophobic unless you elect her." but "Are you progressive or are you reserved?"

[Brenda]

Eisensapper wrote:

Call me when the first athiest is democraticly elected as a leader of a western nation....

[Proculation]

commanderkai wrote:

lily wrote:

And if she loses that election, of course the only reason will be that she's a lesbian. Nothing else will factor in at all, right?

Yeah, the last sentence just seems to be building up a whole "YOU'RE ALL HOMOPHOBIC" if they don't elect her. Sigh...

I was thinking the same thing.
It reminds me that when I was speaking with friends and telling them that I was against Obama, they asked me if I was racist

[Scape]

Eisensapper wrote:

Call me when the first athiest is democraticly elected as a leader of a western nation....

Good point.

[Axeman]

As long as her tongue isn't lying, it shouldn't matter what else it's doing.

[Sapio]

Brenda wrote:

My thoughts exactly

then again... it was a huge deal... the first BLACK president of the US... Who freakin cares?

Right on. The big thing is will he get a good president.

[Scape]

lily wrote:

Scape wrote:

Eisensapper wrote:

Call me when the first athiest is democraticly elected as a leader of a western nation....

Good point.

You think there hasn't been any?

I would be hard pressed to think of any in recent modern history and god help any fool that was to run on a platform today and pronounce they are anything but a church goer.

[Brenda]

Since the countries are built on religion, the leader will always be religious, or not be running. Simple.

[Axeman]

Brenda wrote:

Since the countries are built on religion, the leader will always be religious, or not be running. Simple.

In this respect, the Soviet Union was ahead of the game.