View From the Hill - A Presidential Invitation

It's notable that certain hyperhomophobic sites such as the World Net Daily continue to insist on the obsolete and increasingly pejorative term "homosexual" while scare-quoting "gay." It's notable because their usage once was the norm--and now it's fringe. Discourse is a measure of how mainstream all thing gay have become in recent years.

It needs to be emphasized here that genuinely courageous politicians in other countries like Paul Martin of Canada, Tony Blair of the U.K., Luis Zapatero of Spain and others have done more for the LGBT citizens of their countries than "fierce advocate" Barack Obama and his cronies Pelosi and Reid. Even the Conservative party leader in the U.K., David Cameron, has taken stronger and more tangible pro-gay stances than Obama! So why shouldn't our protests sound outdated when our rights are? America has fallen far behind Western Europe in terms of LGBT equality and should be ashamed and humiliated because it makes our boasts of "Liberty and Justice for all" into a bald-faced lie!

There is only one group in America that does not have the same civil rights as every other taxpaying American and that is us. It's time to stop giving money, smoozing with, and cow-towing to our elected officials whose salaires we pay with our tax dollars. Whether it is the Republican party who hates us or the Democratic party who takes our money and votes and pats us on the head, we need to take to the streets and DEMAND full citizenry and equal rights NOW!

Bottom line: Obama thought he could treat us the way the Clintons pimped us out in 92'. WRONG! In my opinion, the reason he can't is because we are not dropping like flies anymore. You can't make a promise to a bunch of gay men and then not worry about it becaue you think they will be dead in a few years anyway. Plus, our lesbian sisters are much more powerful in the movement than they were back then. For someone who claims to be so sensitive to history, the one who needs a history lesson is Obama.

civil rights...how many black leaders has Britain eleceted??? Yes- I'm apalled at the lack of gay rights- but ALL countries have prejudice/inequality lurking in their midst.

I am truly appalled at the civil rights situation in the United States, a country that once took the vanguard in democracy. It is obvious that, having used and benefitted from the Equality and Civil Rights Platform, Barack is quite content to brush the matter aside. Gays and lesbians are only 2% of his constituency, anyway. He is obviously looking to have a second term. It is also amazing how a nation built upon the principles of diversity fail to acknowledge the fact that marriage among people of the same gender was accepted in pre-colonial times. I am also amazed that with so many eminent historians and scholars in North America, nobody is trying to look for new concepts of marriage based on the traditions of native Americans.

what a load of horseshit.

Obahma will deliver a magnificent speech, but when examined closely what exactly will be the content. To the casual observer it will sound like you have his full support, but in reality he will be offering nothing. He is only interested in the LGBT community because of your ability to keep his coffers full. Whatever happens, listen carefully and if he makes a promise, then hold him to it, but first make sure he really made the promise, the man is a master at the double negative phrase. I know as a Canadian, that Obahma is not the friend he claims to be, he signed a stimulus package that he was totally aware of contained a clause that was anti-NAFTA and illegal. So I advise you, listen very, very closely to what he says and how he says it. It may sound like a promise, but it really isn't.

I'll calm my frustration until after I hear what he has to say on Monday.

I want Obama to look Victor Fehrenbach in the eyes Monday and say "Sorry, bad timing, I could have helped you if you were getting fired a year or two from now."