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  • Obama Throws a Bone to the Gay Community

    06/18/2009 11:57:13 AM PDT · by AJKauf · 48 replies · 1,042+ views
    Pajamas Media ^ | June 18 | B. Daniel Blatt
    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...
  • Obama:Same-sex partners to get fed benefits (How to destroy an entire country's culture)

    06/16/2009 7:00:17 PM PDT · by bestintxas · 49 replies · 1,750+ views
    AP ^ | 6/16/09 | PHILIP ELLIOTT
    President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House official said Tuesday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the president hadn't yet signed the presidential memorandum. The official said Obama would release more details on Wednesday. The decision is a political nod to a reliably Democratic voting bloc that in recent weeks has grown frustrated with the White House's slow...
  • Gay figures pull out of Biden .....fundraiser

    06/16/2009 12:49:03 PM PDT · by pissant · 62 replies · 1,530+ views
    Politico ^ | 6/16/09 | Ben Smith
    Two prominent gay figures, activist David Mixner and widely read blogger Andy Towle, have pulled out of a Democratic National Committee fundraiser later this month amid growing calls to confront the administration at what was supposed to be its first large scale opportunity to bring in gay cash. "I will not attend a fundraiser for the National Democratic Party in Washington next week when the current administration is responsible for these kind of actions," Mixner wrote of a motion to dismiss a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act that drew a parallel between same-sex marriage to incestuous marriage. "How...
  • Report: Pace Departure Linked to Comments on Gays in the Military

    06/13/2007 2:03:55 PM PDT · by pabianice · 30 replies · 968+ views
    Seawaves Daily | 6/13/07
    Washington June 8, 2007 - CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reported this evening that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Peter Pace's departure from that post may be linked to his recent comments regarding lesbian and gay military personnel. According to Starr's report, Pace's comments, along with his role in planning the war in Iraq and his support for convicted Vice Presidential advisor I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, played key roles in Congressional opposition to Pace's re-nomination. "His recent statements that he believed homosexual statements are immoral" presented a "significant problem" for Pace according to Starr. "Congressional leaders, in warning Secretary...