Like most other gay folks, I was gratified the other night to hear President Obama announce at the State of the Union address his intention to put repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell on the agenda for 2010. Of course we were all hyped when we heard it the first time, too. Back when he was pandering the rainbow coalition for votes during his campaign, pledging to be a "fierce advocate" for LGBT rights. To start working toward getting rid of DADT during his first year as president was part of that promise. Not that he has totally snubbed us, I guess, but tagging him a "fierce advocate" is probably a stretch . It's really little wonder that much of the queer community reacted approvingly, but also with a fair amount of skepticism, the other night after hearing him vow again to do what he vowed once before with nothing gotten done so far. This DADT thing, I wouldn't think, should be such a big ordeal to get over and done with in short order. Even military p...
beautiful post.
ReplyDeletethank you, fan. too giddy and too emotional to do anything else. for once i found myself actually speechless.
ReplyDeleteCelebrate good times, C'MON! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm excited beyond words. Amazing. Guess we'll learn how things will play out, but I'm SO hopeful!
ReplyDeleteSpeechless: You and Jesse Jackson.
ReplyDeleteI feel pride in my country again.
It is pride, Diane, ain't it? Amazing feeling, so much better than embarrassment and disgust. I'm still just .... I dunno.
ReplyDeleteThe times ruly are a changin'.
ReplyDeleteOops. Of course I meant: The times truly are a chanin'. I hate when I do that.
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