A note about timing: President Obama’s Department of Justice pro-DOMA filing in federal court yesterday came just after Office of Personnel Management director John Berry — who is openly gay, which the White House regularly trumpets when accused of being anti-gay — gave a speech at the DOJ’s Gay Pride celebration, something the Bush administration nixed for most of its years. He called on his audience to consider where it stands on gay rights, particularly letting gay people serve openly in the military, noting “with the help of a president who supports our cause, the aid of courageous fellow countrymen and women who love liberty, and with God’s grace, we shall prevail.” It was a significant charge, coming from the United States’ highest ranking openly gay official.
Attorney General Eric Holder followed up at the event by noting “neither the frustrations of the past, nor the challenges of the future should deter us from our goal — our responsibility — to continue our efforts to ensure the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans.”
Hours later, Holder’s minions at the DOJ included incest in its argument against same-sex marriage.
Among the three DOJ attorneys responsible for that filing? President George W. Bush holdover W. Scott Simpson, a Mormon who received a commendation from then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for Simpson’s defense of the Partial Birth Abortion Act. Give this man another award!
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galefan2004
I personally don’t care if this dude is “openly gay” or not if hes in the same “god is in the mix” group as the rest of the president’s men. What he said has even less bearing because he had to bring up god and throw out some good ole religious hater-ade.
Glenn I
I read John Berry’s touching remarks – talking about nursing his dying lover – and still having to say, How could anyone not call that love!
His audience was not full of empathy, it seems.
Sceth
All top officials (should) avail themselves to tooth whitening.
BradK
So the difference between the DOJ under the last administration and this one is that they now get to have a Pride celebration before they fuck us in the ear? Talk about progress.
Oscar Portela
LEVY POULTER
poema de OSCAR PORTELA
Solo tu Levi, solo el fugaz relámpago
De la lujosa pedrería de tu cuerpo
Hace caer la muerte de rodillas
Ante el goce que estalla en el relámpago
De los códices que alumbran los rubíes
Con los cuales te hicieron para que
La Eternidad caiga rendida ante tus piernas.
Selva tú y números con los cuales
Se mueven las esferas: verte y saber
Que la veneración es poco y sentir que
Que las estrellas me poseen y que el vértigo
De la pasión me devuelve a las albas
Del primer espasmo de gozo por el cual sabemos
Que oscilamos entre la eternidad y el tiempo.
Y que somos algo más que la nesecidad
De procrear la especie: música de las esferas
Somos y sobre todo Levi Poulter que entre mis brazos
O yo entre los metales de la perfección que luces,
Muero y renazco una y otra vez, más allá de las tumbas
Cuando el liquido que crea y mata surge de mi como la lluvia
Para el elogio y el cántico de las mareas del placer
Y el vuelo con el cual hago el amor contigo
Y sueño que nada está perdido todavía
Cuando el mito del vellocino vuelve y la creación
Entre tus brazos se repite en el beso mortal
Con que sellamos un pacto entre los sueños
De las lunas y las arduas vigilias de los soles.