They are still paying his salary.

Dumb fucks!

And then you STILL failed to get a non-inclusive ENDA passed?

That was awesome. You are so worth $400,000 per year.

/sarcasm

I realize that many of the Equality marchers are terribly bored by civics, but that’s the reality of the situation. To get what we want, Obama has to engage in politics, and part of politics is timing. People need to grow up and get used to that.

Sadly, Brian, logic and reason is not the way in which our government seems to operate.

And what would all of these politicos have left to justify their bloated annual salaries if they just simply stopped all of this feather bedding and actual got down to the business of passing some legislation?

Like Joe Salmonese, all of these bufoons exist for their own celebration. Take away the problems, and they all would cease to exist. So, in reality, the people who are supposed to be working on solving our problems, are really the people who are creating them.

It’s all fluffing designed to make everything think that they are working hard(ly) for the good of our nation.

So, should we not all stand up (again) and give them another round of applause? They so love that, you know. ;D

This bullshit that there is some great effort involved in the repeals is a LIE. No hearings needed, no grand “work.”

And if Commander fucktard signed an executive order stopping the discharge of our vets because they are needed to FIGHT OUR WARS… HOW MUCH TIME DOES THAT TAKE?

No need to appease or mollify me. I’m not the incredible hulk, just some guy posting messages. Right now, my priority is forcing Obama’s hand and that of the dems in congress. I hope a bunch of other people are doing the same thing. If we keep doing that, I think we’ll get our rights.

Jan 19, 2013 will do, after he looses re-election

Well, I suppose if a few of you get boisterous and are arrested it’ll add some spice to the mix. Someone’s got to do it, I suppose. Might as well be you. If you get inside the event and disrupt it, prepare to be disowned.

Well, le4t’s see how many of the “500,000″ demonstrators show up before we declare anyone’s “fail,” epic or otherwise.

They may have heartfelt opinions either for, or against our rights, but that isn’t always the way that politicians behave in the political arena. They do what is best for their upcoming reelection campaign.

Well, you’ll get no argument from me on that comment. I, for one, have always believed that politicians have more in common with prostitutes than they would care to admit to. ;o)

Epic fail, Old Timer.

Attempting to discredit people, without proof, are the same cheap, sleazy and tawdry tactics the Repubathugs and the religious right use against the LGBT community.

Shame on you.

I suspect that you would have taken umbrage with me even if I had addressed you as Mr. Dan with all the respect that title would imply.

In any event, it’s apparent that an explanation of my intent fell on deaf ears which would lead me to believe that the most sincere of apologies would probably meet a similar fate.

I get that you are enjoying your sense of outrage far too much to allow a mere explanation or an apology to appease or mollify you.

However, i think we should take it easy and ease up Obama.No I am not an Obamapologist but i believe in hope and in paradigm shifts. I mean 7 years ago could anyone see a man with African origin ruling this country…could you? Could you see the possibility that gays would even have the law( in its small way) actually recognise and give them rights?

The man is trying….you fail to realise that with the small barely inconceivable amount he has done for LGBT he has enemies…powerful ones. In my church…a black one… people have already started calling him out as a sinner and the devil. Imagine the outrage when DOMA is repealed or DADT or even the adoption laws. He is taking a big political risk siding with LGBT.. THAT’S THE TRUTH.

America is not gay friendly…do not deciecve yourselves with the statistics that young people support gay marriage line. I mean c’mon…kids nowadays are terribly absentminded…shiny things catch their attention. Just look at how Obama won this. It was this new shiny fad…’ooooo a black president, whose hot and talking about change…ooooo’

In my dorm, there is an overwhelming tongue in cheek attitude towards LGBT. They actually see the gay cause as the new fad …just like the college kids in the sixties saw fighting against Vietnam war as a fad. Once the hype dies..so does their interest. if you want to marry and they will shout for you too but when it comes to putting down their votes… it will be ‘yeah i want you to be happy but its not natural’. Easily swayed.

Trust Obama..because i have a horrible feeling that next president will not be so giving..Republicans anyone????

They may have heartfelt opinions either for, or against our rights, but that isn’t always the way that politicians behave in the political arena. They do what is best for their upcoming reelection campaign. And, by the way, my espresso does smell good, I just wish the political climate of the world were as perfect.

This is how you flamed me: you posted “@ Dan” and followed that with a flame. If you don’t want me to take your posts personally, don’t make them personal. It’s your choice.

Who my enemies are and what “the issue” is are not yours to decide. You say that your only interest is in securing equal LGBT rights, but that interest isn’t reflected in your posts except in the claim itself. On the other hand, if your interest is in attacking LGBT people and their supporters, you’ve already succeeded.

I think you’re either losing your cool or your intent isn’t what you say it is – maybe both. Whatever the reason, your posts haven’t reflected your stated interest.

both our political “allies” and “enemies” really have little incentive to act for, or against, our interests.

And what of DADT, DOMA and ENDA or bullying in our schools, to name but a few issues of concern to the LGBT community?

Then there is the matter of Proposition 8 in California and the looming specter of another vote on our hard-won civil-rights in Maine.

And you can state, with a straight face, that both our allies and our enemies really have little incentive to act against our interests?

Wake up and smell the coffee, dude!

Being of around the same age level as you, I can sure relate to that!

How many times, in our long lives on this planet, have we heard that we “need to wait”?

Fr too often, I am afraid. And if experience is any teacher, those of old enough to have heard all those “you have to wait” messages, we have learned that what they really mean is “No”.

And I, for one, am getting awfully tired of taking no for an answer, but like you, I don’t know what to do about it.

I’ve worn my keyboard out writing letters to my congressman, representative and lord know how many Presidents while waiting to see “change I can believe in”.

Anyone care to see my collection of letters signed by Presidents, Vice Presidents, Congressman and Representatives since Stonewall?

I fully agree with you that Queerty or any other site on the Internet for that matter, should be honest. That said, however, I read the entire letter from Joe Salmonese and to be totally honest with you, it pissed me off even more than the excerpt or Queerty’s headline or commentary, which is NOT the issue.

Joe Salmonese is your enemy. Not me. I am a fellow gay like you, whose only interest is seeing the entire LGBT community get the rights we so justly deserve…and without having to wait another seven years to get them. He sold us down the river.

I hope I have clarified my position.

As long as we are a viable wedge issue, both our political “allies” and “enemies” really have little incentive to act for, or against, our interests. Especially when they can raise scads of money on our backs. And, I have to admit that it is not always easy to tell the difference between our “allies” and our “enemies”.