the sum is greater than the whole:

ok, folks. fasten your seatbelts for another glbt civil rights rant. if you put all the acronyms into a big basket, shake 'em up and pour 'em out...you end up with discrimination against the last unprotected "class" of people. MY people. yes: dadt, doma, enda, with a heaping helping of "marriage equality" thrown into the mix...bake at 350 degrees and what you wind up with is a heaping, steaming, nasty casserole of discrimination topped with bigotry.

read the whole post at americablog:

By the end of June, we'll know if the Obama administration intends to defend DOMA in the GLAD lawsuit seeking to have Section 3 of that law found unconstitutional. That will be a seminal moment for this administration and its relationship with the LGBT community. I'm not sure if the great minds in the West Wing fully grasp that yet. My suggestion to the White House is: Don't bother with the small stuff and the Gay Pride proclamations if you're going to say in Federal Court that DOMA is constitutional and should be upheld. If you do that, it's over.

in closing, i couldn't resist posting the youtube of "fierce advocate's" spokesman, gibbs, twisting in the wind of "fierce advocate" hypocrisy.



chicken.

...and now for a little press secretary spin.

this stinks to the stratosphere. it was only a matter of months ago when gibbs was able to give a one word answer on O's commitment to REPEALING DADT. that answer was an unequivocal, "YES".

now, because O is being a political coward, gibbs has to give a tortured non-answer about the "legislative process".

in the meantime, loyal service members are having their lives and careers destroyed.

sorry, but this isn't "change" i can "believe in" nor is it the "change" i campaigned for, donated to and supported without reservations.