Posted on 06/18/2009 11:57:13 AM PDT by AJKauf
With two prominent gay activists — David Mixner and blogger Andy Towle — bowing out of a Democratic fundraising dinner to be headlined by Vice President Joe Biden later this month, the Obama administration is finally feeling the heat from the president’s failure to follow through on campaign promises he made to the gay community.
Obama has backtracked on his pledge to repeal the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy barring openly gay people from serving in the military. The administration has sidelined legislation to repeal the ban until 2010, with even openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) concurring with his party’s decision to defer consideration of the issue.
Not only have Democrats deferred on Obama’s campaign promises, but the administration has actively sought to to uphold one law, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which candidate Obama pledged to repeal. DOMA, signed by President Clinton in 1996, defines marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Earlier this month, Justice Department lawyers filed a legal brief in a Santa Ana, CA, federal court defending that law.
Mixner and Towle are not alone. Gay activists across the nation have become increasingly frustrated with the administration....
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That was cool. Uh-huh-huh-huh.
I’ll bet he throws a bone at least once a week.
Dem Bones Dem Bones Dem BIG Bones: From Barack With Love!
The Knelt Before The Messiah
On His Gilded Throne
Hoping That He
Would Slip Them A Bone
Gibbs: “That was an unfortunate characterization.”
I thought she fell off Broomstick One..
Post 29 — Now that’s funny right there...
And the gay community promptly hid it.
With such violent rage
The ‘Bama did engage
The p*nce he laid his leg on
That Rahmbo who stood near
Swore it looked like the spear
Of St George in the mouth of the dragon.
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