Shrimp canapes? Mmmmm . . . Oh. My. God. Barack's right THERE! That waiter is hot!
Seansmith
· 5 months ago
Oh Karen, my life would be incomplete without you
Judas Peckerwood
· 5 months ago
You just made my day.
offspring
· 5 months ago
just got an email from john kerry about sending money to help obama, i just responded that as a gay man I will donate with i am a full citizen.
FunMe
· 5 months ago
As I mentioned before, perhaps there does exist Log Cabin Democrats who don't care about GLBT equality. After all it does not seem to affect them. They rather have their party with the President than put his feet to the fire.
Log Cabin Democrats:
1. DOMA - don't care. I certainly don't want to get married. Next! 2. DADT - oh please honey! Do you see me at a combat zone? 3. ENDA - like what? I am going to fire myself from my own company? Geez!
Can you sweeties hold on?
Yes, Fernando darling, tell them I will definitely be at the Monday Campagne with Caviar shin ding with the President.
And oh Fernando, I'm ready for my next cosmo.
Sorry kiddos. So where were we?
fritzrth
· 5 months ago
Log Cabin Democrats! Now that's the whole truth in three little words.
gaydem
· 5 months ago
LOL @ FunMe!!
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 5 months ago
Haiku for the Obama Administration (#230):
It's his gay party, But we'll cry if we want to. (No reason to smile).
Savage8862
· 5 months ago
Sent this to my Oklahoma Representative Al McAffrey who was lucky enough to receive the invite to the White House (I stole a couple of lines from John's post because he writes with passion and they were good lines):
Representative McAffrey,
I am happy that you received an invite to the White House to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall Riot.
I am hoping you had a chance to relay to President Obama during your celebrating that two gay service members are being discharged a day under Don't Ask Don't Tell. He could stop the discharges right now by issuing a stop-loss order but so far has refused to do so. As a former military member I find his lack of action on repealing DADT reprehensible.
I am hoping that you had a chance to relay your community's disappointment with the DOMA brief. Comparing our marriages to pedophilia and incest? Our community expects an apology, why has he refused to give one?
As you celebrate with the President and/or White House staff, I am hopeful you are aware of those individuals who have came before you who fought for equality for all 40 years ago. The responsibility now rests with not only you but the rest of us to carry the march to equality for all.
I am hopeful that while you were celebrating in the White House that you asked President Obama when will change truly come to America for all her citizens. The GLBT community is wondering where the hope has gone. The GLBT community is still wondering when change will come for us.
I am happy that you received an invite to the White House top celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots...just don't celebrate too much that it turns into just a photo op for yourself and President Obama and not a chance to enact true change.
cowboyneok
· 5 months ago
I just tried to find the video of Al McAffrey which was an interview of him discussing how Don't Ask Don't Tell needed to be overturned and its GONE:
Just got in... dunno anymore news about Ft. Worth. I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma right now.
Savage8862
· 5 months ago
I heard from Al McAffrey's campaign manager I guess and he said that my concerns will be brought to McAffrey's attention. I wonder if it will. I think they are all enamored by the invite that they will refuse to rock the boat.
KeninVA
· 5 months ago
John, Have we actually found out who all is attending todays sell out to our community? These people do not represent me, they are so far removed from the life that I live as a Gay man in my hometown that they wouldnt know it if it bit em on the arse. I really hope that we take a good long look at these peopel here on out and we decide for ourselves if we dont need a more grassroots effort state by state of individuals who REALLY REPRESENT OUR COMMUNTIY AND NOT THIS ATTEMPT AT FURTHERING THEIR OWN FACE TIME WITH THE PRESIDENT. LET THE GUY KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY GIVE OBAMA A FEW CHOICE WORDS AND IF THERES ANY TIME LEFT LET THE OTHERS SAY HI !
devlzadvocate
· 5 months ago
They may be your leaders, but they aren't mine.
Just because they got invited to a big whoop-dee at Massuh's House and they attend doesn't make 'em leaders.
It makes 'em followers.
vkobaya
· 5 months ago
Somebody should remind our fierce commander-in-chief, how much of a break through his own election was and that no one even thought Blacks would make such progress for another 100 years. That is, unless he is bound and determined to make the achievement uniquely his and that there is not another Black elected president until the year 2109. I and most of us would have thought that one of the most important priorities of Barack Obama would be to do everything in his power to provide everyone's civil rights. Rather, he seems to intend to make sure his own civil rights are last for the next 100 years.
Oh yeah! Bush is considered the most hated man on the planet, but Obama is jealous of that title too.
nicho
· 5 months ago
I'm assuming that the Secret Service won't be wearing garish blue rubber gloves, as they did at Bill Clinton's first meeting with gay "leaders." So, I guess that's some kind of progress.
offspring
· 5 months ago
i forgot about that, and yes the secret service did in fact wear gloves when the gay groups showed up , they later issued an apology but never explained it, we of course knew that it was basically, them afraid they would catch something from the gays.
Valentinefrey
· 5 months ago
For real? Love a source on that one if you've got it.
Yesterday was an amazing day. Here in San Francisco, we had hundreds of thousands of people, from all walks of life, and all hues on the spectrum of humanity come together and celebrate San Francisco's LGBT Community.
From celebrities gay and straight, like Cloris Leachman and Jai Rodriguez to powerful straight allies. Like the CEO of one America's largest companies, proudly standing with his LGBT employees, to political leaders from both sides of the ideological fence.
We saw the energy of our youth with Gay Straight Alliances, we saw the joy of our families with our kids, and our Elders with their incredible life stories. We saw the bravery of our soldiers as Lt. Daniel Choi and his fellow West Point "knights out" marched proudly up Market Street. We saw couples with shirts emblazoned with " One of 18,000" reminding us all that same Sex Marriages DO exist in America, if only for some.
People sang, danced, ate (and ate, and ate... "mmmm funnel cakes...*drool*"). People taught and people learned. We saw drag queens, muscle men, and over 200 women on motorcycles all reminding us that, despite the hateful bile,sprewed by the American Taliban, America is "E Pluribus Unum" Out of many, one.
I would hope that this the message these "Leaders", take to President Obama. That if you are going to use ‘Hope’ as a campaign tool, you can’t ignore the expectations you created by doing so.
Keep up the great work!
Dave San Francisco, CA
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 5 months ago
Nice they're having cocktails at the WH...meanwhile down here in Fort Worth, Dumbfuckistan, a kid lies in the ICU because the FW Polizei SS-Gestapo busted him up on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. It all seems just a cruel joke to me right now.
ndtovent
· 5 months ago
yeah, i agree.. Anymore details on WHY that bar was raided? I can't find any more info than what I read this morning as to why it was raided in the first place. Is it illegal to have gay bars in ft worth? I thought there were a lot of em in dallas..
Really now
· 5 months ago
It is claimed the raid was planned and that there were also other inspections that night at other bars as well. The timing is suspicious at best. I am questioning the need to approach a bar patrons from behind and spin them around seems that technique would certainly inspire a defensive action. I have worked in a few bars in the days of police harassment. I was never treated that way, they would however walk through looking at everyone. If they found someone who looked too young they would ID them. There were times the police would show up several times a night. At no time did they ever touch a bar patron. Fortunately we had strict policies and they found not problems. Most of the time they would also be looking for over crowding as well.
editht
· 5 months ago
It is time for action and organizing. I signed up for the nationalequalitymarch.com website and march on Washington October 10 and 11. I am mobilizing in my community, starting with my list of gay friends. The website asks us to organize in our local communities and there will be a press release on July 8th.
John from Boston
· 5 months ago
National Equality March = waste of time. We spend all sorts of cash trucking down to DC over Columbus Day weekend, when Congress is out of town. A national march looks and sounds nice, but the impact will be minimal, if any.
Want to make a better use of the money you would spend on air, bus or train fare to DC and hotel and meals, etc. once you get there? Donate (to the groups in Maine, CA, NY, NJ, etc., that are fighting to keep/win marriage equality) what you would spend going to DC to this march.
Trust me, the folks in Maine would love a few million dollars in their fight to keep marriage equality from being overturned by the voters.
I went to the 1993 March on Washington, and it was amazing. I don't support a 2009 march though. Let's spend the money on grassroots political efforts in the states -- we get a better bang for our buck. Being extremely active in several legislative election cycles in MA after Goodridge, working to re-elect our friends in the legislature and to defeat our opponents is how we kept an amendment off of the ballot here.
Really now
· 5 months ago
Hello, the March on Washington is taking place on ....National Coming Out Day...seems very fitting to show unity on such an occasion. Maybe it won't change anything but maybe it will change the hearts of some. Any effort to change hearts and minds is worth it.
nicho
· 5 months ago
Amen! Marches are very last century. Totally ineffective. I marched with what I estimate was three-quarters of a million people in SF in 2003 prior to the invasion of Iraq. Local press coverage. "Thousands of people marched yesterday." Ho Hum.
SFNative
· 5 months ago
A march by itself does little, but a march coupled with a very strong demand and grassroots organizational effort as part of a bigger plan is much more effective.
SFNative
· 5 months ago
With all due respect to Maine, the fight for civil human rights now belongs on the Federal level. Everyone in America deserves full civil rights, not just those in the New England area or the West Coast. When you make a demand, and the National Equality March is making a big demand, that's hardball, and hardball is what commands respect and embodies dignity.
gaydem
· 5 months ago
I give all the props to KarenMrsLloydRichards, but can't I have some fun, too??
My! This place is huge. So, this is how to sell out. Whoa! That staffer’s gay!
nicho
· 5 months ago
I just got the following email from Dan Choi via the Courage Campaign. Dan goes on trial tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. for the crime of telling the truth. Please consider signing his letter:
I want to thank the 141,262 people who have signed the "Don't Fire Dan" letter launched a few weeks ago by the Courage Campaign and CREDO Mobile to President Obama, asking him to take leadership to bring this tragic policy to an end.
The momentum is building. This week, 77 members of Congress signed a letter to the President citing my service as an example of why DADT should be repealed. And a Gallup poll was recently released showing that 69 percent of Americans -- including 58 percent of Republicans - favor allowing openly gay men and lesbian women to serve their country .
As I learned at West Point, deception and lies poison a unit and cripple a fighting force. That's why more than 70 of my fellow West Point graduates have also come out of the closet to join Knights Out, the organization I co-founded to build support for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
The only way we will eventually overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is by speaking up together. You can help me fight back right now by adding your name to my statement of support. On Tuesday morning, I will bring your signature -- and thousands of others -- to my trial as a demonstration of your collective support:
National security means many things, but the thing that makes us secure in our nation and homes is love. What makes me a better soldier, leader, Christian and human being is love. And I'm not going to hide my love.
Love is worth it.
Thank you for your support.
Daniel W. Choi 1LT, IN New York Army National Guard
run_dmc
· 5 months ago
Still can't resist getting a dig in at Clinton, can you - even as you have to realize you were conned, big time, by Obama. If you weren't wallowing in Clinton hatred during the primaries, maybe you wouldn't have been so blinded to the fact that you were supporting the clearly homophobic candidate - who granted, looked real pretty - against a candidate who really would be a fierce advocate on behalf of all, including the gay and lesbian community
jpjones
· 5 months ago
Hillary Clinton in March 2007, asked by Jake Tapper of ABC News whether she agreed with the Gan. Pace statement the homosexuality is immoral: "Well, I'm going to leave that to others to conclude".
That is NOT leadership. We can argue (pointlessly) all day about whether Clinton or Obama would be the better president. But when it comes to craven political calculations versus taking a courageous stand in support of the LGBT community, I believe the comparison between Clinton and Obama is a wash.
run_dmc
· 5 months ago
That "quote" is not what Hillary said and is one of the ongoing false smears against her. What she actually said was that she did not believe that homosexuality is immoral, but that she would leave to others to conclude what they themselves believed. The reason this argument is NOT pointless is because people were wrong, wrong, wrong about Obama - and delusionally so during the primaries. I DO NOT want to see communities so taken in by a politician again. Everyone who ends up wrong about an argument always wants to "get beyond it" and "not look back, look forward." That's why we keep making stupid decisions over and over again as voters and as a society. No one in this "no responsibility" culture ever can bear to do a post-mortem about mistakes so that they don't happen again.
Now, people say that the comparison between Clinton and Obama is "a wash," which I believe it objectively isn't. (It wasn't Obama, after all, who was first out the door in extending benefits to same sex partners, but Clinton, who moved rapidly to do this in the agency under her control.) But, even if it was, that certainly wasn't what we were told by luminaries in the left-leaning gay community during the primaries. We were told that Obama was going to bring peace, justice and equality to the LGBT community even though he hung with homophobes like McClurkin and Meeks, refused to march in pride parades or be photographed with "gay friendly" politicians like Newsome, loved him some Rick Warren and was adamantly against gay marriage. And, we were told that if Hillary were the nominee, it would be hell on earth. That's hardly acting like they were both politicians with policies that were "a wash."
jpjones
· 5 months ago
I quoted Clinton precisely and verbatim according to Jake Tapper's blog on the ABC News website:
I said that debating who would have been the better president is pointless because it is. You can love him or hate him - hell, you can criticize him all you want and I'll be happy to join in, as nearly every post I've put up on this site proves. But he IS the president and Clinton is NOT. That's a fact we all must deal with and I see nothing to be gained from fantasizing about what a Clinton presidency MIGHT have been like.
I was wrong about Obama - I believed all the change and hope business - and I am not ashamed to admit it. And one of the reasons I adamantly refused to vote for Clinton is because she was wrong to vote to authorize the Iraq war and REFUSED to admit it. Her "If I knew then what I know now..." leads to the logical conclusion that those of us who opposed the invasion from the beginning are smarter than a graduate of Wellesley and Yale Law School. The only other explanation for her vote for the war is that she is a deeply cynical and ultimately miscalculating politician.
And sadly, in that regard, the comparison between she and Obama is, indeed, a wash.
Doctor Boyfriend
· 5 months ago
I didn't vote for Clinton, since her husband created DADT and DOMA. Why would she be any different?
caphillprof
· 5 months ago
Your dreams about Hillary are simply that, dreams. With Terry McAuliffe's recent defeat in Virginia, the Clinton machine is dead. It's time for you to move on.
fritzrth
· 5 months ago
I didn't base my decision of Clinton vs. Obama on gay issues.
Neither of them was a real choice for GLBT equality. Clinton's rhetoric, in fact, was less supportive than Obama's: repeal of only parts of DOMA and DADT e.g. Both came out against same-sex marriage, instead opting for separate-but-unequal second-class civil unions: heterosexuals could choose either, but gays only get the one option.
After the primary, when Obama started showing his true colors with the McClurkin incident, I had my doubts, but there was and still is no guarantee that Clinton would have been any better.
timncguy
· 5 months ago
the McClurkin "incident" happened just prior to the SC primary, one of the nations "first" primary contests.
fritzrth
· 5 months ago
Thanks, I stand corrected.
ndtovent
· 5 months ago
Clinton would've been no more an advocate than Obama was.
Really now
· 5 months ago
Curious how many of you have been evicted or lost your job because you were LGBT? Hearing the words "your kind". How many of you were attacked verbally or physically just for walking toward a gay friendly establishment. I have seen a lot change in the 40 years. Why? Through the tireless efforts of the ones you refer to as "so called" leaders. The ones who put themselves out there. So what if they have a few minutes to make a positive impact on President Obama. I now am able to work, live and play with less harassment what about you?
fritzrth
· 5 months ago
I've been kicked out of jobs though never evicted. I have been mugged and beaten for being gay. I have been called faggot, fairy, sissy, queer, fruit, and every other epithet in the book. I spent twelve years in school being bullied because I was different. I was thrown out of my home because they couldn't bear the fact that they'd raised a queer. Two of us actually: my brother is gay also.
These aren't the leaders who put themselves out in front to fight for our rights 30-40 years ago. These self-satisfied so-called leaders are people who also benefitted, and benefitted well, from the work of the real leaders.
These self-important leaders have made their fortunes on the backs of the gay men and women who have really spent the time in the trenches fighting for our rights and losing their homes and jobs and being beaten and harrassed. These cocktail-circuit queers with their money and connections continue to piss on those of us who are really affected by the discriminatory policies of this government.
Remember, it wasn't these A-gay elites who gave the name to this month's celebration: it was drag-queens and your everyday normal working-class faggots. People who really knew and still know what discrimination feels like.
davidinchelseama
· 5 months ago
Back in the early eighties, in high school, I was regularly bullied for being different. I was regularly called "tinkerbell" and "fag."
I'm 43, now. My partner isn't invited to any of my family's holiday celebrations. My mother says it isn't necessarily how she feels, but rather it's because of my dad. (I guess she has to "go along to get along" with my father.)
I, of course, therefore don't go to any of their holiday dinners, etc, because of this.
DJMD
· 5 months ago
Couldn't have said it better myself!
erip
· 5 months ago
They are all going because like victims of stockholm syndrome they just can't wait for a little more abuse at the hands of the perpetrator.
SO our gay leaders are going to lap up a little faux attention from our fierce leader, and then like good puppy dogs will go out and tell all those whiny pesky queers that the president is moving ahead to fulfill his campaign promises.. blah blah...
After a month of pride activities around the country you would think some of these rich white pretty leaders would get a little (pride that is)...
Gregory Lyons
· 5 months ago
Voting for Democrats is self-punishment.
Jingles
· 5 months ago
$50,000 dollars ....wow.....you got your money's worth. I think that is funny......
Wish you voted for Clinton now? Don't worry..you are not alone.....millions of others drank the kool-aid too and now see the light.
Just a reminder that you helped get Obama elected.....so thank you very much for electing a president who is such a "fierce advocate" of gay rights! :) You really don't have a right to complain....you wanted him in office....not you got him in office.....sorry it did not turn out the way you wanted.
John Aravosis
· 5 months ago
Well, Hillary canceled an interview with Joe and me when her staff found out, in horror, that we were going to ask her a question about DOMA. So, spare us the nostalgia for the campaign civil wars.
philipspaulding
· 5 months ago
Hillary's staff probably just realized you were an unhinged, dishonest l-o-s-e-r. All - please read the below post on John's mood swing on Obama. I do agree it is amusing for for those of us who suffered through his unhinged Hillary-hating rants. http://www.bilerico.com/2009/06/americablog_int...
run_dmc
· 5 months ago
Absolutely. I hardly think that Hillary or her staff decided - "Oh, I'm going to get a "tough" question. I'd better not do this interview." It's much more likely her and/or her staff decided once they'd taken a gander at your blog in those days - "this guy is not only happily spreading the most misogynistic stereotypes about me, but bizarrely obsessed with spreading the most outre rumors and smears previously only given credence by the American Spectator. If I wouldn't give an interview to them, why am I talking to this guy?"
bigislandbarb
· 5 months ago
John...you're becoming so snarky I can barely read you any longer, regardless of your content!
John Aravosis
· 5 months ago
Snarky? I was serious. Someone should be a real leader and tell him to his face that either he's lying, or he's been lied to, about not being able to oppose DOMA in court. For starters.
Butch1
· 5 months ago
Good questions, but don't expect our doe-eyed "leaders" to ask anything that would make the president uncomfortable, it's not in their spine.
vkobaya
· 5 months ago
it's not in their spine
so we suffer from spineless leaders on several levels. Spineless gay leaders, spineless Pelosi and Reid and then spineless Obama. Republicans are right. Democrats are spineless. Gak! As if Bush/Cheney were perfect examples courage, character, integrity, bravery, etc., yep, especially balls.
Looking at the photo of Lt. Col. Fehrenbach in his uniform and comparing that in my mind to the asso-in-chief dishonoring the uniform when he landed on the aircraft carrier, Abraham Lincoln. Yep! Bush was the epitome of courage, character, integrity, bravery, strength, leadership, etc. Bullshit!
Butch1
· 5 months ago
Our only choice is to warn our Congress and warn our pseudo-gay leaders that the status quo isn't going to work for them anymore. If there are no results, we need to clean the dead wood out of Congress by voting them out of office and since our pseudo- gay "leaders" are self-appointed, continue to stop giving them any money. Something will change eventually after that.
scooter in brooklyn
· 5 months ago
i only hope that victor fehrenbach gets a moment of face time. he's pretty eloquent on the subject of his service and dismissal.
Chris From Maine
· 5 months ago
Dont hold your breath John.
They will not do anything of the sort, and wont want to upset the President. (Like you said, that means they wont get invited to all the cool parties in Washington. Thats what really matters, not gay rights.)
And even if they do, Obama will ignore them cause he knows they are powerless and rather pointless.
vkobaya
· 5 months ago
wont get invited to all the cool parties in Washington
Maybe someone should show Obama some photos of those cool parties in Washington from previous administrations. Then again, they'd also have to spell it out for him that Black faces were extremely rare at those parties, prior to the last 20 years, nonexistant at any major White House parties ... well except for those serving and bowing and scraping to the gliterii.
Alec
· 5 months ago
Well John you and I both know that isn't how this photo op for the Advocate is going to go down.
On the other hand, given the state of the economy, this is a good time to provide a financial incentive to those organizations and individuals who chose to do the right thing by protesting these cover opportunities for the white house.
Last note: Isn't the government's answer due today in the DOMA litigation in Massachusetts and is today the day that the advocacy groups are meeting with the DOJ?
Really now
· 5 months ago
Well, looks like NOM is doing a very good job after all. Their divide and conquer technique is working better than expected. They are all sitting back laughing at the so called LGBT people that did not get the invites. I see comments tearing down the LGBT community everyday..and they are reportedly our own. Instead of dividing try uniting. Instead of whining about not getting the invite be supportive.
Savage8862
· 5 months ago
Who is whining about not getting an invite? This is about Obama's lack of action regarding the GLBT community and issues we feel important to our lives. Has nothing to do with who got invites and who did not.
fritzrth
· 5 months ago
Lack of action on some fronts, yes. But there is also deliberate action against the GLBT community: The DOMA brief is certainly not a lack of action.
And, every day he refuses to put a stop to DADT, he is most definitely acting. He is knowingly and deliberately ruining the lives and destroying the careers of the gay men and women in the armed forces who are being hunted down and thrown out by an overzealous department of defense.
Not acting, when he has the power and opportunity to act, is direct and deliberate action against our concerns.
Really now
· 5 months ago
That's the point. He is a politician.....When has any of them kept all their promises? They tell us what we want to hear and we blindly follow what has really changed?
Valentinefrey
· 5 months ago
Yes, I think we can agree that he's certainly proved himself to be a politician. And politicians, you may have noticed, respond to pressure, not fawning.
timncguy
· 5 months ago
yes, uniting is the way to go. So, why won't the "dear gay leaders" unite with us in an effort to show the administration that we want action and not talk and cocktail parties? Why didn't they unite with us to boycott the DNC fundraiser?
jpjones
· 5 months ago
If NOM is laughing at anyone, it is the sell-outs whose dignity can be bought with nothing more than an invitation to a cocktail party.
DJMD
· 5 months ago
"Instead of whining about not getting the invite" - to send a message too Obama that his administration does not get to cherry pick our leadership/voices, that is something WE DO - isn’t called ‘whining’ it called Activism and Democracy!
“Instead of dividing try uniting” – from my perspective, for once in a very long time we are starting to sound united, sadly yours is the divisive voice.
As a suggestion, Listen….then speak!
davidkc
· 5 months ago
John, thanks for continuing to take Obama and the White House to task for their utter disregard and lack of action on GLBT rights, and for your ongoing justified criticism of the so-called GLBT "leaders" (I use that term VERY loosely). I understand that Obama's people are probably using these gay folks to give the appearance that he cares about GLBT rights (all signs to the contrary). However, I've asked myself what I would do if the White House ever invited me to meet the President, and my response is: Hell Yes! So I'm not going to be too hard on these people for going to the White House; there's plenty else for me to criticize them about.
Really now
· 5 months ago
Why is NOM so strong and successful? All their grassroots joined forces..they nationalized their efforts. They called upon their least likely allies to drive us back into the closet. They have websites that give guidance on how to counter act what we do. Their resources are aimed at the non leaders. They are teaching soccer moms. They are teaching soon to be voters.
Robert Cadalso
· 5 months ago
Our gay leaders? Don't make me laugh. Do tell me who they are!
Obo will not do a thing for gay people.
Barney
· 5 months ago
Hey, the obamanation has set new standards for lighting. He ain't quite got around to facing up to his campaign promises to the gay and lesbian community, because more important stuff came up..like lighting or picking his church, the same one as Mr Bush. Reckon he'll show you guys the same sort of attention? Maybe in his second term? What's he gonna promise you folks during that campaign?
KerrynowCampau
· 5 months ago
He put more effort into getting his kids a dog...
Barney
· 5 months ago
Ain't no getting around that fact, Kerry!!!
Barney
· 5 months ago
Yoou guys might ought to be looking for a different political party with which to affiliate. The Libertarian Party states the following concerning sexual orientation.
1.3 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the rights of individuals by government, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships.
Looks good on paper, but so did the obamanation's promises to gay and lesbian community.
The only sweat justice would be for Obama's oldest daughter to come out to him as a lesbian. Kids come out earlier and earlier these days so maybe we can keep out fingers crossed.
I wonder if then Obama would move on his promises. Sadly, I feel that even that wouldn't get him to do so since he running towards the mushy center every chance he gets.
wondermann
· 5 months ago
John, this is foolish
Indigo
· 5 months ago
If Brüno isn't there to speak up for our real issues, whatever is the sense of having a few Aunt Marys in for vodka? < / snotty remark >
ACTIONS is what we need. So far nice words, but what's he going to do to help equality?
Fingers crossed for some announcement on what he's going to do to help.
Otherwise, just words.
Muzikal203
· 5 months ago
LOL, listening to this speech, it doesn't sound like many in the room are going to be giving Obama "a good talking to" lots of clapping and cheering for saying what he's been saying.
FunMe
· 5 months ago
clap, clap ... "Plan" on how to get rid of DADT.
So far, no talk about DOMA.
clap, clap
Something
FunMe
· 5 months ago
OK kiddos, gotta go. Just saw the fabulous caviar ... and champagne.
Let me call Fernando. I think we got the good stuff!
jpjones
· 5 months ago
It's the same speech that sounded so good a year ago. But no action, and no pressure on Congress. But vote for him one more time, and we'll all be happy at the END of his administration. How many military personnel will be drummed out before then?
Mateo1970
· 5 months ago
Two things: during the talk, Obama said that the facts of Stonewall had been lost to history - even though several survivors and eyewitnesses were there in the room with him. Obama also repeated the lie that he must defend DOMA in the courts, even though he is intentionally NOT enforcing immigration laws against soldier's spouses.
All Comments
Shrimp canapes? Mmmmm . . .
Oh. My. God. Barack's right THERE!
That waiter is hot!
Log Cabin Democrats:
1. DOMA - don't care. I certainly don't want to get married. Next!
2. DADT - oh please honey! Do you see me at a combat zone?
3. ENDA - like what? I am going to fire myself from my own company? Geez!
Can you sweeties hold on?
Yes, Fernando darling, tell them I will definitely be at the Monday Campagne with Caviar shin ding with the President.
And oh Fernando, I'm ready for my next cosmo.
Sorry kiddos. So where were we?
It's his gay party,
But we'll cry if we want to.
(No reason to smile).
Representative McAffrey,
I am happy that you received an invite to the White House to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall Riot.
I am hoping you had a chance to relay to President Obama during your celebrating that two gay service members are being discharged a day under Don't Ask Don't Tell. He could stop the discharges right now by issuing a stop-loss order but so far has refused to do so. As a former military member I find his lack of action on repealing DADT reprehensible.
I am hoping that you had a chance to relay your community's disappointment with the DOMA brief. Comparing our marriages to pedophilia and incest? Our community expects an apology, why has he refused to give one?
As you celebrate with the President and/or White House staff, I am hopeful you are aware of those individuals who have came before you who fought for equality for all 40 years ago. The responsibility now rests with not only you but the rest of us to carry the march to equality for all.
I am hopeful that while you were celebrating in the White House that you asked President Obama when will change truly come to America for all her citizens. The GLBT community is wondering where the hope has gone. The GLBT community is still wondering when change will come for us.
I am happy that you received an invite to the White House top celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots...just don't celebrate too much that it turns into just a photo op for yourself and President Obama and not a chance to enact true change.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query="Al...
I placed the video on my web site:
Pink Panthers Blog! and the video has been removed.
WHY???!!!
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would think someone asked for the video to be scrubbed???
TubeTV is one example. I hope this helps in the future. Can we get a link to your blog cowboy? Any more news about the Fort Worth situation?
http://www.pinkpanthersblog.com/
Just got in... dunno anymore news about Ft. Worth. I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma right now.
Have we actually found out who all is attending todays sell out to our community? These people do not represent me, they are so far removed from the life that I live as a Gay man in my hometown that they wouldnt know it if it bit em on the arse. I really hope that we take a good long look at these peopel here on out and we decide for ourselves if we dont need a more grassroots effort state by state of individuals who REALLY REPRESENT OUR COMMUNTIY AND NOT THIS ATTEMPT AT FURTHERING THEIR OWN FACE TIME WITH THE PRESIDENT. LET THE GUY KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY GIVE OBAMA A FEW CHOICE WORDS AND IF THERES ANY TIME LEFT LET THE OTHERS SAY HI !
Just because they got invited to a big whoop-dee at Massuh's House and they attend doesn't make 'em leaders.
It makes 'em followers.
Oh yeah! Bush is considered the most hated man on the planet, but Obama is jealous of that title too.
Ugh.
Yesterday was an amazing day. Here in San Francisco, we had hundreds of thousands of people, from all walks of life, and all hues on the spectrum of humanity come together and celebrate San Francisco's LGBT Community.
From celebrities gay and straight, like Cloris Leachman and Jai Rodriguez to powerful straight allies. Like the CEO of one America's largest companies, proudly standing with his LGBT employees, to political leaders from both sides of the ideological fence.
We saw the energy of our youth with Gay Straight Alliances, we saw the joy of our families with our kids, and our Elders with their incredible life stories. We saw the bravery of our soldiers as Lt. Daniel Choi and his fellow West Point "knights out" marched proudly up Market Street. We saw couples with shirts emblazoned with " One of 18,000" reminding us all that same Sex Marriages DO exist in America, if only for some.
People sang, danced, ate (and ate, and ate... "mmmm funnel cakes...*drool*"). People taught and people learned. We saw drag queens, muscle men, and over 200 women on motorcycles all reminding us that, despite the hateful bile,sprewed by the American Taliban, America is "E Pluribus Unum" Out of many, one.
I would hope that this the message these "Leaders", take to President Obama. That if you are going to use ‘Hope’ as a campaign tool, you can’t ignore the expectations you created by doing so.
Keep up the great work!
Dave
San Francisco, CA
Want to make a better use of the money you would spend on air, bus or train fare to DC and hotel and meals, etc. once you get there? Donate (to the groups in Maine, CA, NY, NJ, etc., that are fighting to keep/win marriage equality) what you would spend going to DC to this march.
Trust me, the folks in Maine would love a few million dollars in their fight to keep marriage equality from being overturned by the voters.
I went to the 1993 March on Washington, and it was amazing. I don't support a 2009 march though. Let's spend the money on grassroots political efforts in the states -- we get a better bang for our buck. Being extremely active in several legislative election cycles in MA after Goodridge, working to re-elect our friends in the legislature and to defeat our opponents is how we kept an amendment off of the ballot here.
My! This place is huge.
So, this is how to sell out.
Whoa! That staffer’s gay!
I want to thank the 141,262 people who have signed the "Don't Fire Dan" letter launched a few weeks ago by the Courage Campaign and CREDO Mobile to President Obama, asking him to take leadership to bring this tragic policy to an end.
The momentum is building. This week, 77 members of Congress signed a letter to the President citing my service as an example of why DADT should be repealed. And a Gallup poll was recently released showing that 69 percent of Americans -- including 58 percent of Republicans - favor allowing openly gay men and lesbian women to serve their country .
As I learned at West Point, deception and lies poison a unit and cripple a fighting force. That's why more than 70 of my fellow West Point graduates have also come out of the closet to join Knights Out, the organization I co-founded to build support for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
The only way we will eventually overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is by speaking up together. You can help me fight back right now by adding your name to my statement of support. On Tuesday morning, I will bring your signature -- and thousands of others -- to my trial as a demonstration of your collective support:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/SupportDan
National security means many things, but the thing that makes us secure in our nation and homes is love. What makes me a better soldier, leader, Christian and human being is love. And I'm not going to hide my love.
Love is worth it.
Thank you for your support.
Daniel W. Choi
1LT, IN
New York Army National Guard
That is NOT leadership. We can argue (pointlessly) all day about whether Clinton or Obama would be the better president. But when it comes to craven political calculations versus taking a courageous stand in support of the LGBT community, I believe the comparison between Clinton and Obama is a wash.
Now, people say that the comparison between Clinton and Obama is "a wash," which I believe it objectively isn't. (It wasn't Obama, after all, who was first out the door in extending benefits to same sex partners, but Clinton, who moved rapidly to do this in the agency under her control.) But, even if it was, that certainly wasn't what we were told by luminaries in the left-leaning gay community during the primaries. We were told that Obama was going to bring peace, justice and equality to the LGBT community even though he hung with homophobes like McClurkin and Meeks, refused to march in pride parades or be photographed with "gay friendly" politicians like Newsome, loved him some Rick Warren and was adamantly against gay marriage. And, we were told that if Hillary were the nominee, it would be hell on earth. That's hardly acting like they were both politicians with policies that were "a wash."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/03...
I said that debating who would have been the better president is pointless because it is. You can love him or hate him - hell, you can criticize him all you want and I'll be happy to join in, as nearly every post I've put up on this site proves. But he IS the president and Clinton is NOT. That's a fact we all must deal with and I see nothing to be gained from fantasizing about what a Clinton presidency MIGHT have been like.
I was wrong about Obama - I believed all the change and hope business - and I am not ashamed to admit it. And one of the reasons I adamantly refused to vote for Clinton is because she was wrong to vote to authorize the Iraq war and REFUSED to admit it. Her "If I knew then what I know now..." leads to the logical conclusion that those of us who opposed the invasion from the beginning are smarter than a graduate of Wellesley and Yale Law School. The only other explanation for her vote for the war is that she is a deeply cynical and ultimately miscalculating politician.
And sadly, in that regard, the comparison between she and Obama is, indeed, a wash.
Neither of them was a real choice for GLBT equality. Clinton's rhetoric, in fact, was less supportive than Obama's: repeal of only parts of DOMA and DADT e.g. Both came out against same-sex marriage, instead opting for separate-but-unequal second-class civil unions: heterosexuals could choose either, but gays only get the one option.
After the primary, when Obama started showing his true colors with the McClurkin incident, I had my doubts, but there was and still is no guarantee that Clinton would have been any better.
These aren't the leaders who put themselves out in front to fight for our rights 30-40 years ago. These self-satisfied so-called leaders are people who also benefitted, and benefitted well, from the work of the real leaders.
These self-important leaders have made their fortunes on the backs of the gay men and women who have really spent the time in the trenches fighting for our rights and losing their homes and jobs and being beaten and harrassed. These cocktail-circuit queers with their money and connections continue to piss on those of us who are really affected by the discriminatory policies of this government.
Remember, it wasn't these A-gay elites who gave the name to this month's celebration: it was drag-queens and your everyday normal working-class faggots. People who really knew and still know what discrimination feels like.
I'm 43, now. My partner isn't invited to any of my family's holiday celebrations. My mother says it isn't necessarily how she feels, but rather it's because of my dad. (I guess she has to "go along to get along" with my father.)
I, of course, therefore don't go to any of their holiday dinners, etc, because of this.
SO our gay leaders are going to lap up a little faux attention from our fierce leader, and then like good puppy dogs will go out and tell all those whiny pesky queers that the president is moving ahead to fulfill his campaign promises.. blah blah...
After a month of pride activities around the country you would think some of these rich white pretty leaders would get a little (pride that is)...
I think that is funny......
Wish you voted for Clinton now? Don't worry..you are not alone.....millions of others drank the kool-aid too and now see the light.
Just a reminder that you helped get Obama elected.....so thank you very much for electing a president who is such a "fierce advocate" of gay rights! :) You really don't have a right to complain....you wanted him in office....not you got him in office.....sorry it did not turn out the way you wanted.
so we suffer from spineless leaders on several levels. Spineless gay leaders, spineless Pelosi and Reid and then spineless Obama. Republicans are right. Democrats are spineless. Gak! As if Bush/Cheney were perfect examples courage, character, integrity, bravery, etc., yep, especially balls.
Looking at the photo of Lt. Col. Fehrenbach in his uniform and comparing that in my mind to the asso-in-chief dishonoring the uniform when he landed on the aircraft carrier, Abraham Lincoln. Yep! Bush was the epitome of courage, character, integrity, bravery, strength, leadership, etc. Bullshit!
They will not do anything of the sort, and wont want to upset the President. (Like you said, that means they wont get invited to all the cool parties in Washington. Thats what really matters, not gay rights.)
And even if they do, Obama will ignore them cause he knows they are powerless and rather pointless.
Maybe someone should show Obama some photos of those cool parties in Washington from previous administrations. Then again, they'd also have to spell it out for him that Black faces were extremely rare at those parties, prior to the last 20 years, nonexistant at any major White House parties ... well except for those serving and bowing and scraping to the gliterii.
On the other hand, given the state of the economy, this is a good time to provide a financial incentive to those organizations and individuals who chose to do the right thing by protesting these cover opportunities for the white house.
Last note: Isn't the government's answer due today in the DOMA litigation in Massachusetts and is today the day that the advocacy groups are meeting with the DOJ?
And, every day he refuses to put a stop to DADT, he is most definitely acting. He is knowingly and deliberately ruining the lives and destroying the careers of the gay men and women in the armed forces who are being hunted down and thrown out by an overzealous department of defense.
Not acting, when he has the power and opportunity to act, is direct and deliberate action against our concerns.
“Instead of dividing try uniting” – from my perspective, for once in a very long time we are starting to sound united, sadly yours is the divisive voice.
As a suggestion, Listen….then speak!
Obo will not do a thing for gay people.
1.3 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the rights of individuals by government, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships.
Looks good on paper, but so did the obamanation's promises to gay and lesbian community.
http://www.lp.org/platform
I wonder if then Obama would move on his promises. Sadly, I feel that even that wouldn't get him to do so since he running towards the mushy center every chance he gets.
< / snotty remark >
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
ACTIONS is what we need. So far nice words, but what's he going to do to help equality?
Fingers crossed for some announcement on what he's going to do to help.
Otherwise, just words.
So far, no talk about DOMA.
clap, clap
Something
Let me call Fernando. I think we got the good stuff!