The Justice Department, which is busy defending the government’s right to discriminate against gay Americans, just gave President Obama the all clear on ignoring a federal law!
This one, very plainly, bars anyone from the State Department from going to meetings led by countries we consider terrorism supporters. Like, say, if North Korea has a potluck picnic, Hillary Clinton can’t RSVP.
Now, it’s not like President George W. “Axis of Evil” Bush stuck to this law — presidents hate the law, because it impacts their diplomatic abilities, they claim — but wasn’t it Obama who campaigned on sticking to the rules and transparent governing?
And, more importantly, wasn’t it Obama’s camp who steadfastly insists, still, that in order to ignore laws passed by Congress — like, say, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act — there must be a legislative repeal of those laws?
How about we take this to the next level?
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Hahahaha. They got ya!
wondermann
this is dumb
M Shane
Indeed, like the other cases pointed out on previous occasions this attempt to slam Obama is nothing short of sillyness. The “law’ about visiting countries that support terrorism is not one that Bush tangled with but one that he made to my knowledge.
This is a far cry with regards to the devisive nature of the law than DOMA.. He may as well fire the Congress as to act on something that consequential.
YellowRanger
And here come the Obots.
Must…Defend……Savior………
Jason
@YellowRanger:
You are a tool.
YellowRanger
He can’t override congress…He has to uphold the law……He’s too busy right now………Braaaaaaainssss…………
Glennmcgahee
Obama is above the law. If you think he is not, you know what you are.
Alleyne
How many different issues are we going to conflate in order to slag on Obama over DADT or DOMA which need to be managed legislatively and not via executive fiat? Diplomatic relationships with the so-called “terror-supporting states” has zero to do with LGBT equality. Absolutely nothing.
Why aren’t we talking about the Respect Marriage Act? Why isn’t there a call to action for Queerty readers to start pressuring their representatives to get on board with this bill? 91 representatives are already co-sponsoring, but there are an awful lot, including an appalling number of democrats, who have yet to get on board with this legislative repeal of DOMA, which is exactly what we need.
Oh, right, calls to action don’t fit in with the Queerty agenda: talk about vacuous things like celebrities and pretty models, bash religion and slag on Obama.
Rick
Would you like to see his birth certificate, too?
John K.
@Alleyne: You missed the entire point. It doesn’t matter that this law has nothing to do with LGBT rights (actually, it kinda does, since it makes the point clearer that Obama ignores some laws and says he can’t ignore other laws that just happen to do with LGBT rights). The point is, it’s a federal law, and Obama decided he can ignore it. But, he won’t go out on such a limb for us, when he clearly has the power to do so.