rationalpassion (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rationalpassion) wrote,@ 2009-06-12 21:26:00 |
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Obama Doesn't Care About Gay Rights
UPDATE: Or, as Instapundit puts it: "You know, one of the things I thought I’d like about Obama was his gay-rights position. But now I’m wondering if a Cheney administration wouldn’t be more liberal on this subject." Is it time to start a Cheney For President movement? (Ultimately, I'd say "no.")
Some very interesting people--people who I thought would take much longer to get it--may be slowly beginning to see that Obama is not their friend. Andrew Sullivan is hurting but, as usual, is trying to make excuses for The One. Dan Savage, by contrast, is not having any of it. Harsh language ahead--you have been warned! Savage writes:
"Do you think the Obama administration is letting Bush holdovers work on healthcare reform? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers work on Iraq policy? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers work on economic policy? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers manage Sotomayor's confirmation process? Of course not. Because all of those things matter to the Obama administration. They give a shit about healthcare and Iraq and the economy and the Supreme Court nominee. They don't give a shit about gay rights—they don't give a shit about gay soldiers being hounded out of the military or gay spouses being turned away from their partners' sickbeds or binational gay couples facing deportation or the HIV travel ban or gay parents or anything else that touches our lives."
"Do you think the Obama administration is letting Bush holdovers work on healthcare reform? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers work on Iraq policy? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers work on economic policy? Do you think they're letting Bush holdovers manage Sotomayor's confirmation process? Of course not. Because all of those things matter to the Obama administration. They give a shit about healthcare and Iraq and the economy and the Supreme Court nominee. They don't give a shit about gay rights—they don't give a shit about gay soldiers being hounded out of the military or gay spouses being turned away from their partners' sickbeds or binational gay couples facing deportation or the HIV travel ban or gay parents or anything else that touches our lives."
UPDATE: Or, as Instapundit puts it: "You know, one of the things I thought I’d like about Obama was his gay-rights position. But now I’m wondering if a Cheney administration wouldn’t be more liberal on this subject." Is it time to start a Cheney For President movement? (Ultimately, I'd say "no.")
