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On March 31, 2008 Obama met with the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals,
and transgender) in New York City at a fundraiser. The admission was
$2300 per person. Obama expressed pro-same sex marriage views and
appeared to be a very pro-LGBT kind of guy. How about our troops in
Iraq? Obama has made one trip to Iraq in January 2006. For a person
that wants to be the Commander in Chief Obama seems to have more
interest in the queers than our troops. Meanwhile, McCain just
returned from his 8th trip to Iraq almost at the same time Obama was
talking to the queers. Be sure and tell your blue collar friends
about this.
Ref:
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?coll=news_articles&sernum=2008/03/31/2&page=2
Sen. Barack Obama waded deep into Clinton territory Thursday evening
at a private LGBT fundraiser in New York City where the price of
admission was $2,300 per person. Held at the apartment of GLSEN
founder and executive director Kevin Jennings and his partner, Jeff
Davis, the event drew about 125 people and raised $170,000. No press
were admitted, but based on several accounts, attendees were struck by
the Illinois senator's candor as well as his fluency with LGBT
issues.
Johnson, who is 25, has supported Obama for about a year but prefaced
his remarks by saying he has never been an "Obama-phile." He said the
senator addressed some of the most contentious LGBT issues without
prompting, such as same-sex marriage and the inclusion of transgender
people in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. In fact, those were
the two issues Sen. Obama singled out as being potential
disappointments to the LGBT community right now, while he signaled
that a hate-crimes bill could likely be passed and signed into law and
that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" might be on the horizon.
According to several sources, including Johnson and Lenore, Obama said
he did not think it was "politically feasible" to secure marriage
rights for same-sex couples in the country at this point. Sen. Obama
acknowledged that the community wanted full marriage rights but said
that he favored civil unions for now while leaving open the
possibility that his position might evolve in the future.
In terms of ENDA, Obama said he supported an ENDA that included
transgender protections but that he didn't believe a fully inclusive
bill had enough votes to pass the Senate at this time.
"I don't agree -- I think we're much stronger united as a community,"
Lenore said of keeping transgender protections in the bill. "But I do
understand the politics and I do appreciate the fact that he said,
hey, it's not going to pass in this political climate. Many other
politicians haven't really done that. They make decisions but they
never really address the trans community."
and transgender) in New York City at a fundraiser. The admission was
$2300 per person. Obama expressed pro-same sex marriage views and
appeared to be a very pro-LGBT kind of guy. How about our troops in
Iraq? Obama has made one trip to Iraq in January 2006. For a person
that wants to be the Commander in Chief Obama seems to have more
interest in the queers than our troops. Meanwhile, McCain just
returned from his 8th trip to Iraq almost at the same time Obama was
talking to the queers. Be sure and tell your blue collar friends
about this.
Ref:
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?coll=news_articles&sernum=2008/03/31/2&page=2
Sen. Barack Obama waded deep into Clinton territory Thursday evening
at a private LGBT fundraiser in New York City where the price of
admission was $2,300 per person. Held at the apartment of GLSEN
founder and executive director Kevin Jennings and his partner, Jeff
Davis, the event drew about 125 people and raised $170,000. No press
were admitted, but based on several accounts, attendees were struck by
the Illinois senator's candor as well as his fluency with LGBT
issues.
Johnson, who is 25, has supported Obama for about a year but prefaced
his remarks by saying he has never been an "Obama-phile." He said the
senator addressed some of the most contentious LGBT issues without
prompting, such as same-sex marriage and the inclusion of transgender
people in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. In fact, those were
the two issues Sen. Obama singled out as being potential
disappointments to the LGBT community right now, while he signaled
that a hate-crimes bill could likely be passed and signed into law and
that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" might be on the horizon.
According to several sources, including Johnson and Lenore, Obama said
he did not think it was "politically feasible" to secure marriage
rights for same-sex couples in the country at this point. Sen. Obama
acknowledged that the community wanted full marriage rights but said
that he favored civil unions for now while leaving open the
possibility that his position might evolve in the future.
In terms of ENDA, Obama said he supported an ENDA that included
transgender protections but that he didn't believe a fully inclusive
bill had enough votes to pass the Senate at this time.
"I don't agree -- I think we're much stronger united as a community,"
Lenore said of keeping transgender protections in the bill. "But I do
understand the politics and I do appreciate the fact that he said,
hey, it's not going to pass in this political climate. Many other
politicians haven't really done that. They make decisions but they
never really address the trans community."
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