"I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called DOMA"— President Barack Obama
“I’ve called on Congress to repeal the so-called DOMA.” — President Barack Obama, just now, declaring for the first time in his presidency a clear inclination to oppose the Defense of Marriage Act. Did...
View ArticleWould HRC Have Gotten Obama Speech Without National Equality March?
The timing of the event makes it pretty clear: Barack Obama agreed to speak in public before the Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for quiet, in the closet, lobbying for LGBT equality, in...
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Shannon Speaks on Immigration Discrimination at the National Equality March...
During the lead-up to the National Equality March on October 10, 2009, I met Shannon of Saratoga, Florida. She was standing in protest in Mt. Vernon Square outside Barack Obama’s speech to the Human...
View ArticleAt National Equality March, Demanding the Audacity of Action (Video)
On the eve of the National Equality March of October 11, 2009, Mark Katzenberger of San Francisco stood outside the Human Rights Campaign’s gala featuring President Barack Obama with a sign reading,...
View ArticleAndy Thayer Speaking on the Fierce Urgency of Now Outside Obama HRC Speech...
On October 10, 2009, as President Barack Obama was preparing to deliver a speech to the invited DC Beltway audience of a Human Rights Campaign gala, Andy Thayer of the Gay Liberation Network of Chicago...
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Buck Up? Fuck You, President Obama.
Vice President Joe Biden told us liberals to “stop whining”. President Barack Obama told us to “buck up”. They said that they were really working hard for us, and that we ought to be happy and give...
View ArticleWith Undependable Obama, Turn to Congress for DOMA Repeal
President Barack Obama’s feckless indifference to keeping his promises shows the weakness of relying upon just one person in power to make policy change happen. In the spring of 2009, Obama moved to...
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Obama Legal Team Protects Bush, Kicks Gays When They’re Down
When we pointed out last week that President Barack Obama was breaking his promises to undo the inequality of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act by directing his Department of Justice...
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Obama Settles Justice For Some, Not For Others
The Obama Administration has settled a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture by a group of Native Americans who were discriminated against, being denied agricultural loans when their European...
View ArticleBeloved Defender of the Constitution Ron Paul Just Voted Against the...
On May 9 of 2012, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Amendment 1096 to H.R. 5326, shortly before H.R. 5326 itself passed the House. Amendment 1096, introduced by Tim Huelskamp of Kansas,...
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