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Originally Posted by naraht
There isn't that much that Obama can do simply as the president for gay rights, this is one of them. It isn't like he can either completely get rid of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and he can't do much about Federal recognition of Gay Marriage. Most of the things in the 2008 democratic platform in regard to Gay Rights need congressional majorities that I'm just not sure are there.
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True, but that doesn't mean he should use his hope and change bull to get people excited that equality is coming their way when in fact it's not. I'm not saying he specifically stated he was going that route, but he gave a lot of his gay supporters the impression he was.
Hospital visitation rights? How about some REAL benefits for same sex couples? Like I said, nothing but crumbs and only because some gay rights activists have been asking the " what have you done for me lately" to Obama.
Also DADT should NOT be repealed, just altered to not allow people to be discharged due to accusations or third party rumors.
Sorry for the rant but I do not care for this President, I feel like he just told certain voting blocs what they wanted to hear to get elected and it annoys me that people still haven't seen through his BS.
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