Q: Is the Democratic Party too timid to openly support LGBT equality and candidates who favor full equality?

How readers responded to the Advocate.com poll question featured in the April 25 issue of The Advocate

"The Democratic Party stands for nothing. And when they find a candidate who stands for something, they drive him out of the party. They learned all the wrong things from Bill Clinton's success:

They know how to compromise their principles but not how to lead."

* "Until the Democratic organizations push their candidates to grow a spine and do what's right, I refuse to give the party my money or my time."

* "I think they fight battles they are confident they can win. Sometimes LGBT issues fall through the cracks."

* "The Democrats are so busy pandering to the Christian right, a group that w never vote for them, that they are missing out on the issues that actually mean something to the American public."

* "On almost every issue of importance to LGBT Americans and all across this country, the Democratic Party overwhelmingly supports us and Republicans overwhelmingly oppose us."

no      12%
yes     84%
unsure   4%

Note: Table made from pie chart.