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So, if I understand it correctly, gays are not voting for Barack on 2010 because Warren is praying at the swearing in ceremony? Wow. All I can say is good luck with whoever you vote for, as far as resolving the LGBTQ issues.
And you Deema?
Using whatever the "Prophet" (profit?) of the hour says to justify
your personal bias's.....is nothing new! As you should know.
you have fallen prey to willful ignorance!
That is, dear, that if 10,000,000 GLBT's tell you they did not "choose"
to be what they are and you still cling to the notion that it is a choice...
That is being willfully ignorant.
Of course you must believe this to prop up your oft stated objections to LGBT folks
even trying to compare their struggles to those of black folks....
For if you acknowledge that it is not a choice, then, in fact, there is no difference at all.
And your bias will be shown to be what it truly is...hate of the "other"...
You don't understand it correctly. Obviously.
Get real. There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Obama is going to expend a big chunk of political capital on this issue. He just won't. He has a history of being extremely stingy with political capital, and he's done nothing to show that gay rights is the issue that will cause him to break that habit.
Progressives can still demand it. And Congress can ignore BO and take the lead themselves.
I have to agree sadly. We're only talking about gays here; it's not like they're real people or anything ;] (I once was an enthusiastic supporter of Obama--until he violated his oath of office to support FISA.) The election is over, we supported him, but we're no long useful so we're now in the rearview mirror. Thems the facts. And Obama is a politician.