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Great list of commitments from Obama on his civil rights page at Change.gov
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Reader Heidi tipped us off that nearly half the page is dedicated to the civil rights battle of gay and lesbian Americans. Not too shabby. Of course, our job is to hold him to his commitments, blah blah blah, and that's true. But coming out of the box with a strong commitment to all of civil rights is a very good thing. He includes a great quote: ...
Stuff
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
This local story is getting national attention. A Texas preacher is encouraging married couples to have sex for seven nights straight. Why is this national news? Does the msm think married Christians don't have sex? Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth 4th to secede since '03. When a church stops preaching the gospel and instead going against it then they should expect to lose parishioners. In the Minnesota Senate election drama, Norm Coleman will be certified as the winner today (thank God) but a recount will be underway. Maybe they will find more ballots in ...
Trojan Horse change you can believe in!
protein wisdom —
From RWS : Obama’s hope and change website never addressed gay rights. In fact it never mentioned the words ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’. Until after the election that is . I admit to not spending much time over there, so I can’t independently corroborate this claim. But given that the staff from the Office of the President-Elect has shown no previous wariness about simply airbrushing away bits and pieces of Obama’s policy pronouncements — in a postmodern, post-partisan, and post-racial word, you see, the transience of a series of 1s and 0s is but a metaphor for the new governing paradigm of earnest “pragmatism” — I have no reason ...
Obama-Biden Plan = federal civil unions
Citizen Crain —
November 18, 2008 Obama-Biden Plan = federal civil unions Posted by: Chris Changegovcivilrights The Obama-Biden transition team has released its civil rights agenda on Change.gov, the official transition website, and the section on LGBT rights is expansive and includes federal civil unions -- the topic of my post earlier today: Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples : Barack Obama supports full civil unions that give same-sex couples legal rights and privileges equal to those of married couples. Obama also believes we need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ...
Read These Now Before Ancient Scottish Turtles Resurrect King Herod
Shakesville —
Gay marriage throughout New England by 2012? "Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor." Decisions, decisions: Ted Kennedy asks Hillary Clinton to head Senate healthcare team. The Gay and Women's Agenda at President-Elect Barack Obama's Change.gov. F.D.A. Opens Beijing Inspection Office. (NY) Scientists claim to have found a ...
To my bah humbug friends…
Citizen Crain —
November 19, 2008 To my bah humbug friends… Posted by: Chris Obama_lgbt_ad When the election of Barack Obama sent many gay Americans dancing into the streets -- figuratively and literally -- celebrating, my dear friend Kevin offered a sober, some might say cynical, reality check : [W]hy gay Americans should be shitting themselves with glee right now is, frankly, something I can't comprehend. The 2008 election was, in fact, a disaster for gays. And as the reality of our situation in America sets in over the coming days, as well as the next two years, it seems that nothing but a crashing disillusionment set against the ...
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
Daily Kos —
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... I'm Gay and I'll Kick Yer Ass (right after brunch) Some positive odds and ends while we're waiting for the Prop. 8 challenges---which the California Supreme Court will hear in March---to sort themselves out: Support for the LGBT Community---The Obama-Biden Plan: Expand Hate Crimes Statutes Fight Workplace Discrimination Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Repeal Don't Ask-Don't Tell Expand Adoption Rights ...
Eric Holder's Second Thoughts on Mandatory Minimums
Hit & Run —
... between crack and cocaine powder sentences, a cause President-elect Obama also supports. That would be a significant reform, albeit two decades late. Holder, despite his ...
ENDA vs civil unions
Citizen Crain —
... bumped into Congressman Hank Johnson two days ago and described such a bill and it only took him two seconds to ask who was sponsoring it because he wanted to be a co-sponsor. Our leaders have been perseverating on ENDA since 1994, regardless of other more fertile opportunities that may be at hand. We are so asleep at the switch that there isn't even a federal recognition of civil unions bill being written to be introduced, even though President-elect Obama says this is one of his civil rights priorities. My suggestion, introduce both a T inclusive ENDA and a civil union ...
LGBT equality doesn't cost anything
Citizen Crain —
... Congress and the Federal Reserve are currently spending tons of money that will burden future generations with tens of thousands of dollars of debt each. Wall street firms, banks, insurance companies, cities, states, and automobile makers are all lining up to ask Congress for money -- trillions and trillions of dollars. Gay and lesbian folks want something from Congress, too. We want equal rights and in particular would like implementation of the Obama-Biden Plan for the LGBT community. The difference is that our request doesn't require money from Congress. We don't want to ...
Barack Obama and Lyndon Johnson
Citizen Crain —
... the unique position to be able to pass more gay rights legislation than any other president in history. (Actually, this isn't hard to do, because there has been no federal gay rights legislation). In his four years as president Obama can enact Hate Crimes legislation, the Employment Non Discrimation Act, federal recognition of gay relationships (granting us those 1200 rights and benefits), and repeal both "Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and the Defense of Marriage Act. All these things are agenda items that he wants to accomplish as president. As I said in a ...
Our leaders aim too low
Citizen Crain —
... (for federal workers only and only a very few of those 1200 federal benefits), and repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." No great vision. Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign doesn't suggest anything, he simply offers that HRC will work with the president. And none of these leaders picks up on a monumental issue Barack Obama has put in writing that he would like to give us.....it's right there in his Agenda items under Civil Rights on his webpage and is called the The Obama-Biden Plan . Barack says that we need to ...enact legislation that would ensure that the ...
Obama, Gays and the Radical Pragmatism of the Separately Equal
Swampland —
... On his website, Change.gov, Barack Obama lists his gay and lesbian agenda under the heading of "Civil Rights." It is, without any doubt, a very liberal plan: allow gays to serve openly in the military, expand hate crimes statutes, support same-sex civil unions, oppose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and expand adoption rights for gays and lesbians. The platform, however, makes no mention of supporting gay marriage, because, well, Obama does not support giving gay couples the right to civil marriage. This is, it must be said, a rather conventional position for a ...
On Transition Website, Obama Promises More to Gay Community
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... and Change.gov, the transition website. Specifically, the transition website makes a much broader range of commitments to the gay and lesbian community. ...
Rick Warren: A Reason Not to Worry?
The Latest on Air America —
... and Change.gov, the transition website . Specifically, the transition website makes a much broader range of commitments to the gay and lesbian community. Whereas BarackObama.com includes a couple of items of interest to the gay community -- namely, the ...
The Day Will Come, Pt. 4
The Republic of T. —
... Yet, even as they ask for our votes, our time and energy as volunteers, and our campaign contributions, Democratic candidates and party leaders stop short of supporting equality, instead saying that same-sex couples should have all the same rights as married heterosexuals, but for some reason can’t have the word “marriage.” (That’s the semantic objection I mentioned earlier.)
The Obama-Biden transition team included as much in its civil rights agenda.
Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT ...
