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Just two days after Saturday's nationwide candlelight vigil regarding the passing of Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, organizers from Join the Impact announced another cross-county event that will address President-Elect Barack Obama directly, reminding him of a campaign promise made in February.
"In response to President-elect Barack Obama’s 'Open Letter to the Gay Community,' we ask that you join us in signing our Open Letter to Barack Obama,' to be revealed soon," organizers wrote on their blog.
In that letter from Obama, he told the gay community he supports a complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a promise that is the focal point of the protests planned for January 10. "While some say we should repeal only part of the law, I believe we should get rid of that statute altogether," Obama wrote. "Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does."
Photo of the December 20th Vigil (more photos here) by Tom Andrews/LAist
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"If our country was founded on liberty, equality, and justice where should we belong in this p"
Answer- Right there with your founder, Harry Hay, who promoted pedophilia and open man/boy love alliances.
It is the small-minded uneducated who wishes to elevate his sexual activities into a class of rights. It is a fact that if you are a gay white american male, you enjoy more rights than an African American male, females, Asian men, hispanics, and middle-eastern men.
When an African American female homosexual cries discrimination, she has lost all of her rights long before she has ever been identified as engaging in homosexuality. She can hide her bedroom practice of homosexuality, but she can not hide the color of her skin or her gender.
It is of no irony, that the LGBT or GBLT will not rise to defend her race or gender, but only speak out if her sexual bedroom desires become an issue.
It will be interesting to see, if Obama commits political suicide, and tries to repeal Bill Clinton's greatest act as President, the signing of DOMA in 1996. With Hillary Clinton as Sec. of State and Bill cooperating by setting aside his speaking engagements, Obama's change will die on the Congressional and Senate floor. These congressmen and senators voted for DOMA.
The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is the short title of a federal law of the United States passed on September 21, 1996 as Public Law No. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419. Its provisions are codified at 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C. The law has two effects:
No state (or other political subdivision within the United States) need treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.
The Federal Government may not treat same-sex relationships as marriages for any purpose, even if concluded or recognized by one of the states.
The bill was passed by Congress by a vote of 85-14 in the Senate and a vote of 342-67 in the House of Representatives, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996.