Posted on 10/11/2009 6:29:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
WASHINGTON — Thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
Rainbow flags and homemade signs dotted the crowds filling Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as people chanted "Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama" and "We're out, we're proud, we won't back down." Many children were also among the protesters. A few counter-protesters had also joined the crowd, which stretched several blocks by the afternoon.
Jason Yanowitz, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Chicago, held his daughter, 5-year-old Amira, on his shoulders. His partner, Annie, had their 2-year-old son, Isiah, in a stroller. Yanowitz said more straight people were turning out to show their support for gay rights.
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Obama's political energies have been focused on two wars, the economic crisis and health care reform, though he pledged "unwavering" commitment even as he wrestled with those problems.
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Cool! Now, when can we expect some coverage of the 09-12-09 event where hundreds of thousands marched on the District of Corruption?
I want to know about the Army vet that made such an ass of himself. Full uniform, it was disgusting.
Gays got what - 5,000 people and loads of headlines?
9/12 there was at least a million?
Yep, the enemedia won’t cover American values.
Did Obama have them all wee wee’d up?
If they’d wee-wee on the Obamaloon, they’ll be all right with me.
Good pt. What is wrong with this picture?
Answer: the so-called, “Main Stream Media”
Further question: Why did the dinosaurs die off?
Answer: they couldn’t adapt to their environment.
Heh...obviously the cause, not the quantity that counts...
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/gay_rights_dc/index.html
I guess the media was unable to find/report one offensive sign or disgusting sight. Unlikely but true. They sure focused on those during the TEA party march which was perhaps 100 times larger.
“Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama”
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE LAME SLOGAN????
Do these people have a clue how insane this sounds?
“and work to end discrimination against gays”
And how the hell is he going to do that? He may be able to keep people from expressing their opinion, but that’s not going to change their opinion...
I caught the start of a half-hour segment of CNN. They led off with a reverential treatment of the gay march (noting that “thousands” participated). It immediately brought to mind the way they tried to ignore or treated with open contempt the far larger crowds at the tea parties in April, and the recent anti-Obamacare rally in Washington.
They have no clue at all and don’t realize the vast majority of Americans don’t take their postion on this.
“Do these people have a clue how insane this sounds?”
Remember, These are the people that voted for Obama. There’s your clue. ;)
Exactly!
Millions march on Washington to protest taxes and spending, and Obama flees town...
A few thousand gays march on Washington and Obama throws the military under the bus for them.
” Obama’s political energies have been focused on two wars,..”
Pretty disappointing for this to come from the Washington Times.
There isn’t any evidence to support this ridiculous statement.
We know that in 70 days, Barry had one video interaction with General McChrystal plus the silly photo op for 1200 seconds in Copenhagen.
Is there any evidence that in the preceding months, Barry had any contact with General McKiernan , who was commanding US troops in Afghanistan ?
So far I’ve come up empty.
Is it possible that , until the WaPo leak , in his nine months as CINC ,
Barry had only one video meeting with General McChrystal and none with General McKiernan ?
Barry refused to visit Landstuhl the first two times he was nearby.
The man doesn’t give a crap about the military and the war and the rising death toll and it’s time for the media to stop pretending otherwise.
Amen, Brother!
Gay "rights" are about taking away the rights of others. Zero rights are bequeathed -- "rights" are being denied.
First, it's not about being a homosexual -- that's between and individual and his/her conscience or God. It IS about being openly homosexual in American society. I think all people have the right to exhibit open homosexualty. I think all people have the right to shun from their own lives those who exhibit it.
When a fellow American chooses to openly display his/her homosexuality, you have no right to openly shun him or her in your business and private life.
You are prohibited from exercising your God-given right, as a parent, to insist that your kid's Boy Scout troup be as far away as possible from anyone openly embracing homosexuality, or that your kid's elementary and high school years be focused on preparing for adulthood instead of listening to those of perverse sexual practices insist that you love them for who they are. As a business owner, you are prohibited from exercising your God-given right to fire an employee whose open homosexuality interferes in the workplace and with customer relations. As a warrior in our armed forces, Obama proposes that you be prohibited from living free of open homosexuality in close quarters.
That third one is also significant because Obama, it appears, is doing what he can to severely cripple our military. Women on submarines? Why not just pass a bunch of cyanide pills among the crew in time of real war and be done with it? It's poison only as deadly. It is humanly impossible for our carriers to be more battle-ready now, with women among the crew, than they were when all men ran the thing. Human nature is a constant -- we cannot reason or wish it away. A military that allows this to happen to itself is one that is headed for weakness and defeat against serious warriors.
Gay "rights" involve zero rights and one hundred percent DENIAL OF RIGHTS.
You're right...He only cares about himself and furthering his Marxist agenda here and in countries that will fall for his tripe.
Hi how are ya?!
The press coverage of this has been over the top in the local CT press. Our local NBC, ABC and CBS stations never covered the 9/12 Tea Party Rally like they have the Gay March. Amazing.
Excellent post!
We have the finest military in the world and it seems activists are working overtime to reverse that in conjunction with Obama and a good number of leftist politicians.
The openly gay thing as well as women on subs is just not using common sense but then the PC crowd has never been accused of using that.
Like in any other totalitarian dictatorship: “Re-education camps” (gulags).
Thank you for your kind words!
It seems to me all the recent gay agitation started with the SNL skit. Why do we have Saturday Night Live and five world-government Marxists in Norway calling the shots? Everyone’s manipulating the sensation-crazy media, even the media itself.
The deviants had their little get together and it was 1/20 the size of the 09/12 march, yet receives ten times the coverage. I’m not surprised at all, it’s just that I’m not used to the media being so blatent about their bias.
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