Obama Waves The Rainbow Flag

The Hill:

In August, The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian magazine, published a cover story intensely critical of Obama’s lack of movement on DOMA and the policy on gays serving in the military.

That just won't do for Obama. First on the agenda, a big gay get together and the rewarding of gay friends.

Many gay activists say they welcome Obama’s gesture of speaking at this weekend’s dinner for the Human Rights Commission (HRC), the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization in the country.

They also appreciated his nomination this week of David Huebner, an openly gay attorney, to be the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Huebner is the first openly gay person to be nominated for such a position.

Next, send press secretary to remind the homosexual community that he still has every intention of destroying the sanctity of marriage to fit their agenda, will soon allow gays in the military and is working hard to make sure that they get all the bells and whistles.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs this week said Obama continues to believe the two laws are “unfair” and that he is making progress in instituting a new rule to extend benefits to the partners of gay federal employees.

“The president made commitments on those issues not just … in a presidential race but ran on some of those commitments in a Senate race,” Gibbs said.

“They are commitments that are important to him and he is intent on making progress on those issues and is working with the Pentagon to ensure, at least in ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ that we make progress on it.”

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