MSNBC held a panel to talk about the growing frustrations with Barack Obama's administration from the gay community. The frustration and anger has come largely from inaction on Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the defense of DOMA and his overall silence. The panel had a good discussion and included Michelango Signorile and Katrina Vanden Heuvel.
My point of view is that we need to wait, I can't tell yet if this administration is going to do all they said they would, because it's only been six months. But one small bone they are throwing is the news that the White House is trying to include same-sex couples on the 2010 census, anyone excited by that?
– Andy
To be honest, I supported and campaigned for Obama and knew even then that we weren’t likely to see any major moves from his administration within the first year in office. As it stands now, the conservatives have jumped all over the man for going on a date with his wife, for chrissakes.
I’m with Andy. We need to be patient. This situation wasn’t created in a day and it’s gonna take timing and trust to make sure the changes are worth having.
I agree…this flame-throwing as he put it could very well set the gay rights movement back instead of moving it forward. The hard core gay right activist could very well be viewed as the lefts version of the religious right. Patience, patience…We will get there but it will not be overnight.
I do agree with you guys but I do understand and i am very upset on how this adminstration defended doma calling our relationships the same as incest and others fucked up things! This generation of us must be the warriors of the cause so our future generations can live a better life and get married like everyone else.
On a much LARGR scale of things, he has got to address all things that have to do with the economy right now. Plus growing tensions with North Korea and Iran. All these don’t make gay issues any less important but they are far from being a priority.
LARGER, sorry.
we should wait, and quit being so myopic
As an American in the military, I don’t see him getting rid of DADT at all. I’m praying everyday and night he does, but I really don’t see it. He could’ve at least helped out with a few of the people that got discharged recently instead of looking the other way. It would cause so many changes to be brought about though. At work one night we talked about it(if DADT was gone), BMT would have to change as a whole. In the AF they had seperate flights for males and females so there wouldn’t be anytype of sexual relations going on. Would they make a seperate gay flight now? And constantly monitor them so they could make sure they weren’t doing it? It the schools we go to after BMT to learn our jobs, they had us in dormitories, with a seperate living area for females, same reasons as BMT. But at that point we could go off base and get a hotel if we really wanted to. Getting rid of DADT will take a long time to happen and will cause lots of changes. I know a lot of guys I work with said they wouldn’t reenlist if DADT was abolished. I dunno, just some things to think about.