Obama, Michelle host gays at White House

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 1:01 AM EDT

Article Source: The Washington Blade

He is a proud mutt -- someone who has black blood in him -- a "disease" in the eyes of some who had used biblical teachings to say that God made Caucasians better than others.

But he challenged the "birth defect" that would have left a person with black blood no chance to get elected to the top office in he United States just 20 years earlier; President Barack Obama last week promised to take the civil rights movements to its logical end: equality for gays by doing away with "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.

Other than hidden xenophobia, there is blatant homophobia in US society that sees gays being discriminated against in virtually all fields of life, including the armed forces.

Obama has also promised repeal of a discriminatory law promulgated by the so-called WASP -- White Anglo-Saxon Protestants -- called the Defense of Marriage Act, that confers a strictly bigoted feudal definition to marriage as a covenant between opposite sexes.

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Ahmar Mustikhan

Obama means hope.

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#1 - Sun Jul 5, 2009 1:02 AM EDT

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Johnnie The Hat

As far as I'm concerned: Openly gay, adheres to the UCMJ, you're ok. Hey, that rhymes.

Obama must weight equal rights regarding gays in the military against the possibility of anti-gay violence in the ranks. Such violent acts are to be expected. You can never legislate tolerance.

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#2 - Tue Jul 7, 2009 12:29 AM EDT

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AHMAR MUSTIKHAN

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Obama, Michelle host gays at White House

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