Posted on 06/29/2009 4:40:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When hundreds of leaders from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community gathered in the East Room of the White House Monday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the gay rights movement, President Obama worked to assuage concerns that his administration has not made much progress in addressing gay issues.
Democratic activists in the LGBT community have said that President Obama's campaign promises to end the military's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy and to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act do not seem to be top-tier priorities. When a legal brief, filed earlier this month by the Obama administration defended DOMA it provided another spark to the current intraparty strain.
"I cannot overstate the pain that we feel as human beings and as families when we read an argument, presented in federal court, implying that our own marriages have no more constitutional standing than incestuous ones," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese at the time of the filing.
The New York Times reported Sunday that one of Obama's top campaign lieutenants expressed some of that pain directly to the president in an Oval Office conversation last week.
One Democratic Party leader said the concerns from the LGBT community are not falling on deaf ears. "They are very aware of the frustration that some members of our community are having, and they are taking them very seriously," said Raymond Buckley, chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and head of the DNC's Association of State Democratic Chairs, who is gay.
Last week, the DNC held a fundraiser with LGBT activists in Washington, D.C., where Vice President Joe Biden served as the keynote speaker. There were approximately 50 protesters outside the fundraiser and several high-profile Democratic donors from the LGBT community reportedly boycotted the dinner.
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Obama knows that the gays like to bend over... so why should he worry?
LMAO. They believed him, the poor suckers.
As a white male hetero, I’m not exactly thrilled about the way the Obama administration is treating me either.
So there.
LGBT community, get on your knees and see if that helps.
You ducks didn’t really believe him did ya? Bwahahahaha
Obama is running for reelection- the homosexual lobby’s platform is poison to most of the electorate.
They’ll just have to wait until his 2nd term.
Obama isn’t worried about them, the gay activists will still vote for him anyhow, what other choice do they have?
My gay niece voted for this filth and is now crying the blues.
I say to her, “You wanted change, now enjoy it!”
Funny thing is before the election I told her this idiot moon cricket would throw her under the bus.
Not only that, it’s against Islam (Obama’s religion) to accept homosexuality so the fags can throw a million hissy fits and he wouldn’t care. I do think he would prefer to go back to the ice cream parlor and swat flies on camera than negotiate with these freaks.
Even the Libertarian Party is trying to wedge in on the Dems stake in this group because of Obama’s excessive lying.
Even if he doesn't address these LGBT issues between now and 2012, the LGBT community will vote for Obama again.
They need to have a pity party.
Militants upset by moderation.
This is news?
Thanks for posting the article.
Oh yeah, freaks? What’re you gonna do, vote Republican?
Welcome to the plantation. Now sit down and shut up. When we want to hear from you, we’ll let you know.
Sincerely,
The Democrat Party
You mean he lied - wow, there’s a shocker.
Yep, the Democrat party seems like a loose collection of those with any grievance or any members of minority groups which are allegedly still discriminated against.
And they are supposed to stay on the plantation.
Remember Hillary Clinton said Republicans ran the House of Representatives like a plantation. As if the largely black group she spoke to with those comments has any more personal knowledge of life on the old plantations than you or I do. That kind of attitude is so demeaning.
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