Posted on 04/20/2012 11:23:05 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama's "evolution" on gay marriage may be on hold but he has a message to LGBT supporters: I've been pretty good to you.
Last week, the president angered parts of his base by refusing to issue an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people.
Journalist and author Charles Kaiser said the decision was "baffling and disturbing." The New York TImes editorial board called it a "sin of omission" and The Human Rights campaign was reportedly "shocked" by the decision.
Possibly to smooth over the backlash to the decision, President Obama's staff jumped on twitter earlier today with this message:
Barack Obama
✔
@BarackObama
What three years of progress for the LGBT community looks like: OFA.BO/SLTsxT 20 Apr 12
The link takes you to the Obama-Biden website, where a glossy infographic of a rainbow road from 2009 to present day presents his track record on LGBT issues. It's not all that different from the timeline we drafted last week (Of course, the administration included more minor initiatives to fill it out). What you'll notice in today's timeline that we noticed in our own last week, is there's a measurable slow down on LGBT activity once the 2012 calendar year begins.
Sure, you're seeing some activity but some of these are rather innocuous or vague gestures, like February 13's entry: "Proposed a 2013 federal budget for an economy built to last including providing security for the LGBT community." What does that even mean? Also, the final entry which doesn't have a date associated with it says the administration "ensured" that transgender vets would receive "respectful care." How did it "ensure" this?
Obviously, the elephant in the room is gay marriage.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlanticwire.com ...
“I’ve Been Good to You”
Although Romney passed gay marriage and I didn’t, you have to vote for me because I am the Democrat. Take it and like it.
“I’ve Been Good to You”
I guess he gives kisses after service.
There, fixed it.
I have been good to you....
I have scr.ewed you all.
Hmmm, I did always suspect it of Obama.
Although the gays I know could beat the stuffing out of that metrosexual.
I don’t call him OFudgePackula for nothing.
He’s employing the ancient japanese political strategy of sukusukme.
Obama to Gays; “I wish I knew how to quit you.”
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Mandate Free KY for Catholic Hospitals, Schools and Churches, payed for by their insurance provide.
Clinton may have been the first black president, but Obama has clearly been the first gay one.
It makes me wander what else happened in Columbia, and I think I now know why Mochelle appears to be so angry all the time.
Do gay Americans have lower unemployment under Obama?
Are they immuned from the disaster that is Obamanomics?
Do they get discounts on gasoline? Do they not experience inflation?
Are they immuned to the massive nation collapsing debt that Obama has created?
Obama has been good to gays?
Yeah right.
The homos will be his storm troopers once they take over the military.
I thought he was speaking to Larry Sinclair.
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