Give Obama a Break!

The GLBTQ community’s concern about Obama failing to keep his campaign promises has me worried. I have faith that he’s going to keep his end of the bargain, but for days I’ve had no way to articulate that except with the old-fashioned earnestness of, “Come on! Give him a chance!” I also have felt a bit uncomfortable under the stares and the implication that Hillary would have done differently. I finally decided to talk to someone who’s political experience and opinion I could trust to help me make sense of the conflict.

Roey Thorpe – GLBT activist and current political director of Planned Parenthood – had this to say: “What president in history has ever done anything for the gay community? Only Barack Obama.” She kept going: “What president has even said the word gay? Bill Clinton did, then he looked us in the eye and signed DOMA.”

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