Obama Stands By His LGBT Nominees Under Attack From The Right: ‘I Will Not Waver In My Support’
Obama Stands By His LGBT Nominees Under Attack From The Right: ‘I Will Not Waver In My Support’
President Obama received a warm welcome at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner tonight, where he promised to sign hate crimes legislation — which just passed the House — into law and repeal both Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act, although he didn’t outline a specific timeline. Acknowledging some frustrations that there hasn’t been quicker action on these issues, Obama reiterated that he remains committed to the fight for LGBT equality:
OBAMA: This story, this fight, continues, now, and I’m here with a simple message: I’m here with you in that fight. (APPLAUSE)
For even as we face extraordinary challenges as a nation, we cannot and we will not put aside issues of basic equality. I greatly appreciate the support I’ve received from many in this room. I also appreciate that many of you don’t believe that progress has come fast enough. I want to be honest about that. (APPLAUSE) Because it’s important to be honest amongst friends.
Obama also addressed right-wing criticisms being hurled at his LGBT nominees and staffers, such as EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum and Department of Education official Kevin Jennings. Both have been the subjects of extremely homophobic slurs. WorldNetDaily editor and CEO Joseph Farrah said that Obama must find “people” like Feldblum on “Perverts.gov,” and the Traditional Values Coalition wrote that she wanted “the gay agenda to trump the First Amendment and religious freedom.” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has claimed that Jennings wants to push a “homosexual agenda” in U.S. schools.
While Obama didn’t specifically point to any of his nominees, he strongly reiterated his support for them and condemned homophobic slurs:
OBAMA: For the first time ever, an administration official testified in Congress in favor of this law. Nobody in America should be fired because they’re gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. It’s not fair, it’s not right, we’re going to put a stop to it. (APPLAUSE)
And it’s for this reason if any of my nominees are attacked not for what they believe but for who they are, I will not waver in my support because I will not waver in my commitment to ending discrimination in all its forms. (APPLAUSE)
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Transcript:
OBAMA: This story, this fight, continues, now, and I’m here with a simple message: I’m here with you in that fight. (APPLAUSE)
For even as we face extraordinary challenges as a nation, we cannot and we will not put aside issues of basic equality. I greatly appreciate the support I’ve received from many in this room. I also appreciate that many of you don’t believe that progress has come fast enough. I want to be honest about that. (APPLAUSE) Because it’s important to be honest amongst friends.
Now, I said this before, I’ll repeat it again. It’s not for me to tell you to be patient, anymore than it was for others to counsel patience to African-Americans petitioning for equal rights half a century ago. (APPLAUSE) But I will say this: We have made progress, and we will make more, and I think it’s important to remember that there is not a single issue that my administration deals with on a daily basis that does not touch on the lives of the LGBT community. [...]
For the first time ever, an administration official testified in Congress in favor of this law. Nobody in America should be fired because they’re gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. It’s not fair, it’s not right, we’re going to put a stop to it. (APPLAUSE)
And it’s for this reason if any of my nominees are attacked not for what they believe but for who they are, I will not waver in my support because I will not waver in my commitment to ending discrimination in all its forms. (APPLAUSE)
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I am glad that Obama let LGBT know that he is in this fight with them and not against them to end discrimination and not by themselves. There has been a lot of criticisms afgainst Obama being too slow in the fight for discrimination against LGBT and don’t ask don’t tell policy. But, people have to keep in mind that there are many lawmakers in Congress and Senate that are not on board of provide equal rights for LGBT.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:30 pmGive ‘em hell President Obama!!!! We’re behind you 100%.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:31 pmLadies and Gentlemen, Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Barack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States of America.
Deal with it.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:31 pmCue Daryll
October 10th, 2009 at 9:44 pmYeah! No trolls yet!
October 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pmGood on you, President Obama.
Now, could you or some of your spokesment publically (verbally) spank Representatives King, Gohmert, and Foxx for their continuing homophobic fear-mongering?
October 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pm@ 6. Correction; should be spokesmen and publicly
October 10th, 2009 at 9:46 pmIt must burn the Righties asses that Obama is so popular around the world. No matter what outrageous things they say, he stills remains popular HERE and abroad. Meanwhile Georgie Boy stays in his mansion.
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The anti-gay adds on TV in my state are basically this message: “If they pass this law, it will FORCE your children to get gay-married!”
With all the class warfare though I don’t think equal rights is even possible. For example, rich people never need to steal to get their drugs, they just get their doctor friends to write it for them. This country hasn’t ever had equal rights for all citizens. ever.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:54 pmaaronk says:
I’m not really up to speed…
October 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Obviously.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:56 pmMost men in the military dont want to take showers in Halliburton built crap. I think we should support their wishes and defund Halliburton.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:56 pmWhat I don’t understand is why Obama’s polls aren’t higher.
He’s disappointed me on a couple of things… but there was so much wrong before (GWB) that isn’t anymore.
Hillary is polling a bit higher.
http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_fav.htm
October 10th, 2009 at 9:56 pmhttp://www.pollingreport.com/C2.htm#Hillary
P.D. says:
Actually George has a new hobby, he started blogging last week. Maybe you have made his acquaintance, he was here last night blogging under the name crazy legs.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pmwal*mart, they only feel that way because they fear gays. FEAR is caused by ignorance. and the only way to get rid of ignorance is education. and this bill includes education. problem solved.
saying The Gay makes you sound really afraid of catching it. better read some more bible to vaccinate y0urself.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:58 pmZooey says:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Barack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States of America.
Deal with it.
Wonderful!
October 10th, 2009 at 9:58 pmYes, we have noticed.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:59 pmWalmartLover says:
October 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
That’s a lie.
Of course, somehow I don’t think you’re all that invested in truth.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pmWell, I heard, from a publican, that looking at Playboy makes you gay, so we should not allow Playboys to be sent to any military installations — only Playgirl can cure the gay.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pmWalmartLover says:
Most of the men in the military don’t want to be around The Gay. I think we should continue to support their wishes.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
October 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm~~~~~~
The women do – so it’s time to repeal the DADT. After all we do live in the 21st century – not the 19th. Now toddle-off and take your hate elsewhere.
President Obama received a warm welcome at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner tonight, where he promised to sign hate crimes legislation…
– - I love the guy, but Obama’s HRC speech was strictly boilerplate stuff.
He says he will end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell but he has done nothing, and he offered no time-line, no deadline HRC for action and no verifiable record that he has done anything, despite his claims that he has.
He says he is ending the HIV ban, but it is still in force, a year and a half after it was signed by George W. Bush and passed by massive majorities in both houses.
He says he favors equality for gay couples but said nothing tonight to support the initiatives in Maine or in Washngton State or the struggle in Washington DC for marriage equality. That’s a test of real sincerity on this matter. He failed it.
He says he wants to end discrimination in employment even as he is firing more gay people solely for being gay than any other employer in the country – as commander-in-chief. And if an employer is firing gay people all the time, is it tolerable to accept as a response that he will stop doing it one day – but gives no time-line at all?
October 10th, 2009 at 10:04 pmNobody in America should be fired because they’re gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. It’s not fair, it’s not right, we’re going to put a stop to it.
Then, this too should apply for the military…
October 10th, 2009 at 10:05 pmIf Obama wavered in support, he would appear weak in the eyes of the majority.
I say to the religious right: bring it on. Let’s watch some more of your numbers drop.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:09 pmAt least Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Barack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States of America knows the ridiculuousness of the previous “policies.”
repugs need to stay away from sexual issues and public restrooms.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:15 pmoh! a new thread…
good one zooey… mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm…
October 10th, 2009 at 10:18 pmI would say that most of us who actually wore a uniform in the service of our country know or knew someone in our unit(s) on the DL, and really didn’t give a damn.
What mattered to me was that the soldier covering my back knew what he/she was doing. Everything else just wasn’t an issue.
I’m a straight, white guy in my 50’s and just can’t understand why those of my generation feel threatened by whom someone else chooses to love.
Just flat-out f’n stupid, if you ask me.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:22 pmBTW, please notice that I did not say “the gender toward which one is attracted,” as I don’t believe this is a choice, but, rather, a location on a continuum.
Sorry for any confusion
October 10th, 2009 at 10:27 pmhad enough @24,
agreed.
My only question to our President is, “Sir, at what point do you finally tell the lunatics that ‘this is the way we’re going. you can either ride along, or get stuffed.’?
It’s obvious that if the man said the sun was coming up in the morning, the asshats would disagree, just to be snarky to the ni66er.
The hell with what they say! They are in the extreme (albeit VERY vocal) minority, and, at this point, really don’t matter worth a half of a sh*t.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:32 pmWalmartLover says:
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Most of the men in the military don’t want to be around The Gay. I think we should continue to support their wishes.
sorry, but the ignorance of someone who thinks being gay is akin to catching a disease…makes me want to say something, but I’ll refrain from doing so…
October 10th, 2009 at 10:36 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Tracy__5:
Do you mean like Dubya and this guy?
Shame on you, try being more opened minded.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pmwanda sykes on hbo now:
“reverse racism… actually that’s when a racist does something nice for somebody… what you’re worried about is karma…”
paraphrasing mostly… but i love that line to refute the ‘reverse racism’ charge:
what you’re worried about is KARMA!
October 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pmTracy_5 @10:39
Who needs to play war?
Everybody has a cell phone with a translation application.
I thought the superiority obsession was what football was for.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:49 pmWalmartLover says:
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Most of the men in the military don’t want to be around The Gay. I think we should continue to support their wishes.
Don’t join if you don’t like it.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:51 pmTracy__5 says:
Homos and tee ball are the reason we keep losing wars.
Hate and fear are the reasons why your tent is shrinking.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:52 pmZooey says:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Barack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States of America.
Deal with it.
.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:55 pmOh… just for those who think we lefties are weak…
I’m about as far to the left as you can get, and…
I’m armed.
Just something to think about.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:02 pmT5 thinks we have been in Iraq for 7 years because we cant win?
We arent their to win a ‘war’ T5. Use your head.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:04 pmSomehow I get the feeling that Tracist’s personal little tent doesn’t necessarily shrink when his mind is on gay sex…
October 10th, 2009 at 11:05 pmAnd, as an additional thing to remember, those of us who truly love our country take the oath we swore when we first joined the military very seriously, and, at least for myself, although I was honorably discharged > 20 years ago, consider my oath still binding.
I will protect my President, my Constitution, and my Country from the likes of the craven, cowardly chicken-hawks any day, any time, anywhere. And, btw, that includes our cowardly trolls posting their vitriol “Live from Mama’s Basement.” (which, I would assume, includes our trolls hereon. Bring it on, asshats… you’ll find a liberal who does not back away from a righteous battle.)
Sorry, all… it’s just that at this point, I’ve just about had enough with my fellow citizens who have just becoume flat-out unhinged. Yes, we all spoke out about the former occupant of the Pennsylvania Ave. manse, but I never heard or read a thing coming anywhere on the same planet as the shit flying around since… well, since President Obama won the Democratic nomination.
Jaysus, people!!!! WTF!!!!???
October 10th, 2009 at 11:11 pmAmerica hasn’t lost any wars lately. We won the war in Iraq in like 3 weeks. Afghanistan will always be a quagmire, 60,000 troops won’t help, 600,000 troops wouldn’t help. Anyways why is the right so against war now? Did they forget they started it and funded it without thinking? I think thats what burns liberals the most.
Unless you own stock in war profiteering companies, there’s no reason to support war. Too bad a lot of people on the right DO.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pmI think that there are more lesbian women in the army, than gay men.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pmBoth, “under don’t ask don’t tell” live under a daily cloud of personal invalidation, and rank promotion is surely effected by status.
Denying equality for these soldiers is denying their constitutional rights,
on the grounds of discrimination.
What’s “patriotic” about that?
Kinda miss our monosyllabic troll, Murphis.
I’m sure he/she has some enlightened 3-word insights on this issue.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:17 pmYou could follow every republican tenet of hard work and pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and being loyal to teh man, and we’ll still pick you apart for your gayness and hold you back.
We don’t hold back our vile rhetoric, not even for Mary Cheney.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:24 pmralph the wonder llama says:
Intrepid says:
Tracy__5 says:
Homos and tee ball are the reason we keep losing wars.
Hate and fear are the reasons why your tent is shrinking.
Somehow I get the feeling that Tracist’s personal little tent doesn’t necessarily shrink when his mind is on gay sex…
A stiffy has no conscience.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:25 pmIf gays become the next fully protected group who else do we pick on?
October 10th, 2009 at 11:25 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means … says:
If gays become the next fully protected group who else do we pick on?
Here u go…
October 10th, 2009 at 11:29 pmwow! i just gotta say – wanda sykes was FANTASTIC!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:30 pmi haven’t laughed like that in a long time… so good!
Tracy__5 says:
Homos and tee ball are the reason we keep losing wars.
First we whine about routine DoD shifting in priorities (shedding useless Cold War weapon systems the Republican secretary of defense doesn’t want), and now we think battles are lost because of sexual orientation.
How are we a party Strong on Defense ™, again?
October 10th, 2009 at 11:31 pmI agree, Paul the Sax Guy.
Funny how Murphis says exactly what takes the other trolls
October 10th, 2009 at 11:32 pmthree paragraphs to say, in only three letter words.
So funny I was ROTFL last night, after flame wars on a local blog.
Soviet Mudkipz’ are to blame for the world’s problems!
So is St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:33 pmWal-Mart sending $18 billion to China each year is truly pro-American.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:35 pmDo you like mudkipz? Mudkipz like you…
October 10th, 2009 at 11:36 pmHey, I don’t judge.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:39 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means … says:
Wal-Mart sending $18 billion to China each year is truly pro-American.
Gotta love making American flags with cheap labor. It’s the American way.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:39 pmThanks to Nobel Prize Winner U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama, George Bush will have to wait an extra 100 years to vindicated in the history books. Hang in there, dear friend.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:40 pmI wonder if the groceries are made in China …?
Their doughnuts and pastries look fresh!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:43 pmMudkipz? I had to type that slowly off the linked photo. I don’t speak Germanese. I have to keep my education level in check because too much can be a bad thing.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:45 pmShame on you, Tracy 5! Even a bonafide conservative like the late Senator Barry Goldwater said, “A person doesn’t have to be straight to shoot straight.” And, as Paul the Sax Guy, who, unlike you, actually served in the military, wrote, “What mattered to me was that the soldier covering my back knew what he/she was doing. Everything else just wasn’t an issue.” Go get a life, chickenhawk troll!
Tracy__5 says:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:48 pmHomos and tee ball are the reason we keep losing wars.
What the GOP REALLY means … says:
Mudkipz? I had to type that slowly off the linked photo. I don’t speak Germanese. I have to keep my education level in check because too much can be a bad thing
It’s simple… Look…
One fish
two fish
red fish
blue fish…
confused?
October 10th, 2009 at 11:50 pmIf anyone out there would love to the demise of nutjob Michele Bachmann, feel free to donate to one of her democratic opponents Maureen Reed. You can learn more Maureen at her site: http://maureenreedforcongress.com/content/meet-maureen
Thank You!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:52 pmAaronQ of Maine says:
Unless you own stock in war profiteering companies, there’s no reason to support war. Too bad a lot of people on the right DO.
War profiteering companies provide board seats for generals post-retirement. Without war profiteering companies, the only thing the generals would have to live on is six-figure taxpayer-funded pensions. Let’s not increase the poverty rate now.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:53 pmPaul the Sax Guy @11:11
Your “fellow citizens” have become sheep, led by false prophets.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:53 pmWe can only remind them that there is no true liberty unless we think for ourselves, and protect our hearts and minds against those that would use them for their selfish agenda.
If anyone here would love to be a part of the demise of nutjob Michele Bachmann feel free to donate to one of her democratic opponents, Maureen Reed. You can learn more about Maureen at her site: http://maureenreedforcongress.com/content/meet-maureen
Spread the word!
Thank You!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:54 pmCan you even fathom Chimpy McFlightsuit standing before this audience and saying what Barack said? Who says there’s been no change???
October 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pmIntrepid says:
It’s simple… Look…
One fish
two fish
red fish
blue fish…
confused?
Whoa Whoa Whoa … slow down.
One fash
Tu Fsih
Thee Fisk
(panting) … How I’d do????
October 10th, 2009 at 11:56 pmPresident Obama hasn’t been in office for a year yet and already we have people (who are waiting for any little thing to betch about) doubting his procedures.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. He has his term to prove his promises, not 8 mths.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:56 pmThis Maureen Reed has a rap sheet of education and productivity.
I’ll donate pizza to the Bachmann campaign. She’ll need all she can get to overcome this challenge.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pmBetty Page says:
Hannity is a pathetic weakling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv9OiCv0v2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KeXTYgpOOc
October 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pmO/T but a source of national pride:
We just qualified for the 2010 World Cup. Expect the right-wing to call soccer a socialist sport and to blame Obama (you know, assuming any pundit was paying attention)
October 11th, 2009 at 12:01 amWar profiteering has become the base economy under Bush.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:01 amNot much different from Nixon days.
Honeywell, GE, Halliburton, Wackenhut….
Look at the corporate roots.
Vietnam and Iran/Contra.
Most of the players are the same.
Soccer is a f ucking socialist sport. Look at all those crazy legs!
October 11th, 2009 at 12:04 amThere have always been gays in the military. It has never made one whit of difference to the outcome of any war or battle. Forget don’t ask, don’t tell, it’s time to move to don’t worry about it. Now if there are concerns that folk of either sex, or any sexual orientation , would force their sexual intentions on another, that is a whole different issue. Rape and sexual harassment should be prevented and are a threat to a soldier’s security. I support the prevention and prosecution of such. I’m also willing to bet that the vast majority of such incidents are heterosexual.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:18 amHi lurker, come out and play …
October 11th, 2009 at 12:20 amToo late, Mr. Legs, I’ve already met myself on e-Harmony.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:21 amI don’t know about “right now,” however, as recently as under George W. Bush, interpreters/translators of Arabic in the military and intelligence services were fired for being gay, despite these very services’ lack of people fluent in Arabic and other languages used in the Middle East and Afghanistan. In other words, gays were considered more dangerous than Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Perhaps you ought to get “up to speed” on issues before trolling here.
aaronk says:
October 11th, 2009 at 12:25 amI’m not really up to speed on this issue. Can you legally be fired from your job for being gay in this country right now?
seth had a good one on SNL tonight…
he said something like:when obama accepted the award (nobel) he stated that it was a “call to action”…
and as a reminder, that’s what the election was also.
oooh… good dig…
they are really being hard on the guy…
October 11th, 2009 at 12:28 amBetty Page at 12:21 am
It’s “Bettie Page”, you can’t even spell it right!
October 11th, 2009 at 12:29 amBetty Page says:
Interpid,
Hannity lies face down in my bath water.
Put your foot on his head.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:29 amScrew you, you threating prick! Go punch a hole in the wall – don’t make death threats toward the president!
October 11th, 2009 at 12:32 amBefore I’m off to bed, I would really appreciate it if someone could post a copy of this “homosexual agenda”. I’m not on your team, I’m just curious. We’ve been arguing about the heterosexual agenda for years and really can’t agree on even a draft copy. Maybe the gay folk are much more capable of a cohesive strategy than we are.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:35 amCrazy Legs says:
Do u liek mudkipz?
October 11th, 2009 at 12:44 amGiven a choice between vampires and zombies I’d choose a werewolf.
Yes, I said a WEREWOLF.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:44 amBetty, this is some kind of dog whistle message, isn’t it?
October 11th, 2009 at 12:47 amGoodnight, Outstanding. I’d be interested in seeing that “agenda”, too. I only know one gay couple, and their only agenda seems to involve travel plans. Travel doesn’t seem too dangerous to me, isn’t it supposed to be ‘broadening’? Hmmm, I suppose that wingers would think that’s dangerous.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:47 amGreat Speech now tell congress to Get er done!
October 11th, 2009 at 12:49 amThanks for the tip, EnnuiDivine. Awesome news! It sounds like a great game. i’m just pissed I couldn’t get it on TV here.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:52 amthanks for the headsup Larry
October 11th, 2009 at 12:54 amI have a friend that served in the Air National Guard thats lesbian.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:58 amI haven’t really discussed any discrimination issues with her.
Funny, I only know one lesbian that’s not a republican.
Not sure what that’s all about.
Maybe that delusional monetary conservative concept.
Larry the Septic Tank Guy says:
Well, Larry, thanks for stopping by. But did you have to unload your truck here?
October 11th, 2009 at 12:59 amLarry the Septic Tank Guy says:
Your all a bunch of liberal pukes!
Do you have a barbie play group to attend?
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The septic tank cleaning service here is called the “Honey Wagon”.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:15 amWhenever I see one of their trucks in traffic, well, I move out of the way,
but I want to laugh and gag at the same time.
And who inspires you to come here and display your ignorance and intolerance, calvaresed?
October 11th, 2009 at 1:22 amAny particular false prophet?
Because a normal citizen would not be interested in randomly imposing their judgement on others.
And it’s Saturday nite, to boot.
nellre says:
What I don’t understand is why Obama’s polls aren’t higher.
He’s disappointed me on a couple of things… but there was so much wrong before (GWB) that isn’t anymore.
Hillary is polling a bit higher.
It’s because he’s an African-American.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:28 amPolls have become just another corporate manipulation of truth.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:36 amcalvaresed says:
You people are so silly and uneducated. You are all blind sheep following a wolf named Obama. The truth is, it is easy to follow someone who stands for immorality if that is how you choose to live your life. Everyone finds a way to justify their own immorality. I am not perfect, but I will never make excuses for my sin.
How about you concentrate on your own life instead of judging others? I’m sure you’ll be happier…
October 11th, 2009 at 1:41 amIf Playboy makes one gay no telling what Hustler causes.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:47 amOutstandingInMyField@82
Right you are.
Way, way more incidents concerning “straights” than homosexuals. Boy, do I have tons of stories about the sexual habits of sexually frustrated young adults, in close confindment and far away from home. Add alcohol to the mix and ya got top-notched horny.
If repugs can just stay out of folks beds and stop with their fantasies of what consenting adults do with each other. repugs won’t understand that only a fool can make a leap from making-love with their consenting adult partner to fooking animals.
teabaggers can at least stop blocking civil rights/freedoms of others and stop, stop trying to make us all as stupid as they are.
repugs have proven that stupid can go on forever; this is reason their asses are considered conservatives. repugs mode of thinking is slow or in regression or stuck on another planet.
They prove stupid is innate every time they make up bs on TP/PB and in the msm.
October 11th, 2009 at 2:29 amIs there anybody left that Republicans don’t hate?
October 11th, 2009 at 4:51 amYes. Little boys and hookers.
October 11th, 2009 at 5:32 amFetuses, maybe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPd3V93bbY
October 11th, 2009 at 5:34 amIf you change Obama to Bush in the above paragraph it describes the Republican party very well. Hence I would conclude:
Therefore it is self-evident that calvaresed is a non-self-aware and judgmental Republican who like a blind sheep followed and enabled GWB’s immorality for eight years.
So, calvaresed, how do you justify your immorality as related to your enabling GWB’s immorality?
October 11th, 2009 at 5:38 amTracy
You MORON. Idiotic, monumentally stupid punks like YOU are why the country is in such bad shape
October 11th, 2009 at 8:24 amLarry the septic tankhead
Bite me. You are a stupid pile of dogshit. Go back to blowing crackheads for pocketchange and let the adults talk
October 11th, 2009 at 8:27 amMurphis
Kill yourself PUNK
October 11th, 2009 at 8:28 amIt’s my hope Obama tackles DADT/DOMA after health care reform is signed into law. That way, he’ll have the national dialogue going on in the spotlight for DADT and the DOMA which it deserves.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:53 amcalvaresed says:
You people are so silly and uneducated.
Silly? Yes. Yes I am. I’ll be the first to admit that. Uneducated? Hardly.
You are all blind sheep following a wolf named Obama.
Well, that one is completely wrong from start to finish.
The truth is, it is easy to follow someone who stands for immorality if that is how you choose to live your life.
That would explain why the Republican Party still has so much support.
Everyone finds a way to justify their own immorality.
Immorality is in the eye of the condemner.
I am not perfect, but I will never make excuses for my sin.
My religious beliefs do not include the concept of “sins”, so I cannot be guilty of committing them. I do agree that I’m not perfect, but I never claimed to be. You, OTOH, are judging others which, I believe, your religion tells you not to do. (My religious beliefs impose no such restriction.)
You just go ahead and have a nice day now. Have fun in Purgatory.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:52 amI thought aaronk had 12 people working for him. Could he have meant something else? Real employers know the answers to these questions.
The sad truth is that in right to work states, which are generally red states like okla, you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. Employees have no rights at all.
no recourse. No place to hear your side of the story. It doesn’t matter. The employer is god.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:08 amMakes sense. Fetuses are still in their pure, conservative state.
Once they are born and experience the world, they immediately start learning about it, which tends to make them more liberal.
That’s why conservatives who reach adulthood as conservatives are so determined to not learn anything more about the world. It messes up their ideology.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:30 amFred
Actually the sad fact is in ANY state unless you are under a contract like a union contract you can be fired for ANY reason except the few specified in civil rights law.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:31 amLarry the nationalist [tribalist regressivism] vomit
October 11th, 2009 at 11:52 amcalvaresed says:
You people are so silly and uneducated. You are all blind sheep following a wolf named Obama. The truth is, it is easy to follow someone who stands for immorality if that is how you choose to live your life. Everyone finds a way to justify their own immorality. I am not perfect, but I will never make excuses for my sin.
If God was going to parse sins, sexual conduct would not even make the top 10. There are a lot more acts that are far worse, such as war, greed, indifference, apathy, etc. Even if gay sexual conduct were a major sin, it pales in comparison to the acts of hetero adultery which are very common. You need to get your sins sorted out properly.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pmcalvaresed says:
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You people are so silly and uneducated. You are all blind sheep following a wolf named Obama. The truth is, it is easy to follow someone who stands for immorality if that is how you choose to live your life. Everyone finds a way to justify their own immorality. I am not perfect, but I will never make excuses for my sin.
Yup. George Bush. WMD. Iraq invasion. Bin Laden/Bush business PARTNERS. Exposing CIA spy. 5000 US Soldiers, 1000000 Iraqis DEAD, shredding of the constitution.
Pat Tillman killed by “friendy” fire, Bush refuses to reveal details, citing “executive privilege”.
Sheep? Yup. YOU. Another TRAITOR, just like Bush and Cheney and Reagan.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pmThe wrong question is being asked, but that’s not unusual.
The question being asked is, “Should gays be allowed to serve?” That’s just stupid.
The question that should be asked is, “Why are a pack of homophobic bigots allowed to dictate who may and may not serve in OUR nation’s military?”
Just to note background, I’m an old straight fart and a vet, but my gay friends and acquaintances are citizens; some are much better citizens than I. Some of them did serve, keeping it even more closeted than those younger members of the service who have had DADT inflicted on them. Every citizen should have the right and privilege to serve in the armed forces, and no citizen should have the right to unilaterally say another citizen cannot serve.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:10 pm@ 96. Larry the Septic Tank Guy says: Your all a bunch of liberal pukes! October 11th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Dear Cesspool Troll,
Time for today’s English-for-idiots lesson. The word you are looking for is you’re, the contractive form of YOU ARE. your is an adjective, usually indicating the possessive sense. We have to examples of the differing usage;
You’re full of shit, Cesspool Troll.
and
Your stench is like unto a cesspool, Troll.
See the difference? Troll?
October 11th, 2009 at 1:24 pm@ 130. Correction; that should be “two examples”, not “to examples”. You gotta stay on top of that shit, Cesspool Troll.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pmRight wingers enjoy showing their stupidity to others.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pmIf Obama is determined to end “don’t ask don’t tell”, why doesn’t someone give him a pen? He is Commander in Chief of the military, and he has the power to issue an Executive Order undoing this stupid policy. The fact that he hasn’t already exercised this power indicates he has no intention of doing so.
October 11th, 2009 at 2:04 pmObama cannot end DADT because it is a federal statute. He only has powers to stop discharges from the military.
October 11th, 2009 at 3:19 pmI am always amazed at the sheer number of deeply closeted men in the repiggie ranks. There are so many wonderful gay people throughout this nation whose best interests are betrayed so cravenly by these deeply closeted phonies.
It seems quite rare these days to meet a hetero male repiggie these days who doesn’t have some sort of sexual kink or a history of infidelity.
Ironically, the Dems, the party which doesn’t do a total freak-out each week on “sexual immorality” and the like, have the greatest number of men who don’t cheat on their wives or behave like scumbags.
I hope that the Obama administration will show a bit more courage and leadership on full civil rights for gays, because this will ensure full civil rights for all in our society.
The repiggies are utterly hopeless in this regard, as they are in so many important issues of the day.
October 11th, 2009 at 3:58 pmI wouldn’t let this guy Jennings anywhere near children, much less name him ‘Safe School Czar’! Maybe ‘queering of the schools czar’ would be more appropriate. gögüs estetigi
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October 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am