Good As You: Barack Obama Roundup
03/07/2013
Shortsighted scapegoaters shapelessly shaft President Obama's shifting
Has President Obama shifted his position on marriage over the years? Yes and no. I say yes because he's clearly gone from seemingly supporting marriage equality while a state senator to opposing it when running for president to now supporting...
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01/22/2013
Anti-equality groups are a-spinnin'; here's Focus on the Family's version
It's seriously like the far-right anti-LGBT crowd, whose work was essentially put on a notice in the President's historic inaugural speech, is trying to workshop new lines in hopes that one of them will stick. This one comes from Focus...
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01/03/2013
IFI's Laurie Higgins uses President's *civil marriage* view to deny him his faith
The Illinois Family Institute's Culture Analyst, Laurie Higgins: "To say that in order to treat people with respect and dignity, society has to eliminate sexual complementarity from the definition of marriage actually contravenes the teachings of Jesus, whom Obama publicly...
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10/12/2012
Video: NOM reminds nation of President's move to history's right side
There is a really funny (read: clumsy; see also: obtuse) new strategy bubbling up within the National Organization For Marriage. Basically they are acting as if they've "found out" President Obama. For some reason they seem to think that if...
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10/11/2012
AFA's Tim Wildmon: 'I don't believe' pro-LGBT President Obama is a Christian
The American Family Association top dog, during his show co-hosted with Tony Perkins and featuring NOM religious liaison William Owens, says it's a fact that gay people are "unnatural" and "immoral" and that support for equal rights denies President Obama...
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08/29/2012
Live long enough and you'll (always) see incumbent Presidents tout equality's virtues
From a speech delivered in Iowa yesterday afternoon: I cringed through the Democratic silence that was de rigueur during the Bush years. This is better.
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07/31/2012
'Death Blow': You be the judge
Am I being too much a hippy-dippy peacenik, or is this latest cover of the far-far-right WorldNetDaily's magazine as scary as I think it is? The text over a zoomed-in head shot? The red background? No real clarity in the...
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07/17/2012
Audio: Michael Savage equates 'evil', 'most dangerous' Obama with Hitler & Pol Pot
President Obama is "dangerous," has been "inculcated with hatred for the American way since the cradle," is the "most hateful man to every plague the White House," has goals that are on par with Pol Pot, he "hates the founding...
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07/10/2012
Thank you, Peter Sprigg, for handily rounding up President's pro-equality accomplishments! (#WinningTheFuture)
He intends for these to be slights. However, to me and to everyone else who values decent treatment of LGBT citizens, the Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg—once you take out the lies and translate the "pro-family" spin—has actually taken the...
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06/26/2012
Tmw: FLOTUS hosts national LGBT conference call #ObamaPride
Tomorrow at 4PM Eastern: [National LGBT Conference Call] Et tu, Ann Romney?
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06/01/2012
READ: President's 2012 Pride Proclamation
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05/14/2012
Gay donor unwilling to bankroll Mitt's plan to keep him unequal
(CNN) – A well-known, openly gay supporter of Mitt Romney in New York has decided to withdraw his support for Romney and back President Barack Obama instead. KEEP READING:Romney donor pulls support, backs Obama, over same-sex marriage [CNN] I suspect...
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05/10/2012
GOP group NOM was always planning to 'sideswipe Obama'; all else is noise
Over the next few months, you are going to see the National Organization For Marriage say any any everything in hopes of making Barack Obama look divisive, radical, and generally bad. NOM wants to divide the Democratic party because NOM...
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Video: Mitt Romney: Backwards on Equality
Extremely powerful video from the Obama campaign: *What "backwards" looks like, in print: [Romney Affirms Support for National Organization For Marriage Pledge]
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05/09/2012
A (theoretical) transcript from an (ideal) interview.
Today, President Barack Obama will sit down the ABC News' Robin Roberts. Here is my vision of the future, on a day when so many of us could use a powerful voice of support. ROBIN ROBERTS: Mr. President, this past...
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02/06/2012
'Change is' pro-LGBT
The Obama 2012 campaign has a new "Change Is" tee which includes both the LGBT-inclusive Hate Crimes Prevention Act and Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal as two of the administration's highlighted accomplishments: "Change Is" tee [BarackObama.com] The shirt sells for...
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10/04/2011
They think he's evolved already. So evolve already.
Carrie Gordon Earll, Senior Director of Issue Analysis for Focus on the Family's Citizenlink, highlights the reason why it's so ridiculous for President Obama, if he truly does support marriage equality, to stop short of saying so. That obvious reason:...
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09/20/2011
Inclusive Barracks, Obama
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2011 Statement by the President on the Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Today, the discriminatory law known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is finally and...
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08/25/2011
Cash for clunker of a marriage stance? Not from me, not right now
I just can't open the wallet. I still very much support the President and can't foresee a 2012 scenario in which I won't support his re-elect. I also hold on to the undeniable positives of this administration, recognize the unique...
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07/19/2011
Prez endorses congressional DOMA repeal; DOMA continues to endorse federal discrimination
Good news for DOMA repeal momentum: BREAKING: President Obama endorses the Respect for Marriage Act [Prop 8 Trial Tracker] "Why is this a big deal? Because the White House rarely, if ever, endorses legislation that hasn’t passed a house of...
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06/30/2011
The President's Evolution: Another view
As the topic of the President's marriage "evolution" continues to grab headlines, the prevailing assumption is that Barack Obama is on his way to full support for civil marriage equality, with the unanswered question marks surrounding the timeframe more than...
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06/24/2011
'Even President Obama...' : The new 'some of my best friends are...'
And this is what President Obama's non-support does to us. Or one thing, at least: National Organization For Marriage's latest e-blast We hear it all the time: Strident marriage foes who oppose President Barack Obama in a gagillion-and-six ways (including...
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06/23/2011
A President in NYC: (theoretical) Remarks as (ideally) prepared
What this writer would like to hear president Barack Obama say tonight in NYC: [SNIP] (theoretical) PRESIDENT: "I've been married for eighteen, going on nineteen, years. Have two wonderful daughters. A house filled with love. And it's a pretty big...
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06/21/2011
Evolve 2012
*RELATED: Obama's Evolution Will Be Televised -- and Questioned [Metro Weekly]
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06/20/2011
Didn't sign, did sign? Did support, now doesn't? Constitutional lawyer needs to 'evolve'? Chris Johnson has understandable questions, Secy Carney!
Washington Blade's Chris Johnson (with an assist from Metro Weekly's Chris Geidner) gets all bulldoggy with Press Secretary Jay Carney, seeking clarity in regards to a marriage position that is far less clear than the White House seems to think...
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05/31/2011
Yesterday precedent gave us freedom to wear white pants. Today, the President and Pride
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 31, 2011 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2011 ------- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The story of America's Lesbian, Gay,...
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05/23/2011
White House: Marriage shouldn't be between one MN and one ban
Our official statement on the Minn. marriage amendment that will go before voters in 2012: It's nasty, discriminatory, and finds its support in a group that condemns gays in ways that go well beyond the ring finger. Now The Washington...
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05/19/2011
Prediction: In 2012, happily married father of two will support family values
An intriguing tease, courtesy of both Sen. Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Frank (D-MA): Gillibrand, Frank: Obama May Endorse Marriage Equality In 2012 [Wonk Room -TP]
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05/01/2011
Obamas and a gay marriage: They have his cake, eat it too
Another legally married gay man will now be in front of President Obama's sweet spot on a daily basis. That's because White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses married his partner, Charlie Jandusay Fabella Jr., in a DC ceremony: Charlie...
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03/03/2011
Video: 'Something to do with a champion and a homosexual and Obama'
We can actually take his slurring. We just wish people like this dude would stop claiming (a) that the President ever supported DOMA, and (b) that the DOJ's lack of defense for this flawed piece of legislation means that the...
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02/28/2011
DOMA decision: It's not [insert President] won't defend [insert case] Mad Libs
Here's a novel new meme building in socially conservative circles: In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama’s decision not to fully enforce the Defense of Marriage law eventually could lead to...
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02/23/2011
(CONFIRMED) Report: Obama admin will no longer defend #DOMA (Sec. 3)!
@NationalJournal Developing... *** *MORE from Capehart: "A well-placed and trusted source tells me that, any minute now, Attorney General Eric Holder will issue a statement announcing that it will no longer defend so-called Defense of Marriage Act lawsuits in court."...
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01/27/2011
Why Jon Favreau beat out Jim Garlow for coveted speechwriting job
And now let's have Prop 8's most prominent pastor, Jim Garlow, tell you what his dream version of President Obama would have said in Tuesday's State of the Union: [In The President's voice:] "I have tragically hastened to destroy the...
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12/08/2010
Gibbs: 'Under President Obama's watch, we'll get DADT and DREAM done'
Sounds confident. Hope he's right. We're still scarred by that one Nintendo game Santa promised but somehow forgot. This would be waaay worse. ** *More Gibbs: Gibbs: ‘Very, very close’ to ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal [Wash Blade] ALSO, ALSO: Sen Lisa...
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11/29/2010
Video: 
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11/22/2010
Pro-equality wind to lift both East and West Wings
Cool appointment for a pro-equality voice: This morning, the White House announced the appointment of the American Foundation for Equal Rights co-founder and board member Kristina Schake as Special Assistant to the President and Communications Director to First Lady Michelle...
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11/05/2010
Forget birther movement: Fischer's moved on to born-eight-years-ago claims
He's the most powerful man in the free world. But now the American Family Association's incredibly incendiary Bryan Fischer is suggesting that at his heart, President Obama is actually little more than a petulant third grader: "The president developed a...
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11/04/2010
'He could have actually chartered a very different course than his predecessor and he hasn’t'
Strong words from Eliot Spitzer: KEVIN SESSUMS: On another legal matter, do you agree with Obama that he had no choice as president defending the law of Congress to appeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ruling that said it was...
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11/03/2010
Video: President on #DADT repeal
(Sorry for ancillary noise. We'll post a better clip once one is available) "Lame" and "duck" are certainly two words we've heard frustrated activists use to describe the handling of this situation. Perhaps those labels were prescient? We'll have to...
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10/21/2010
Video: There's that purple tie we were looking for...
A good move from the President: Sincere, direct, important. Okay, so let's talk. Ways it could get better over night: - Presidential support for full, unqualified marriage equality. - The administration following Ted Olson's advice on DADT repeal/appeal: "It would...
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08/05/2010
Video: Oh look, the inevitable reminder that Pres. Obama sees us as separate, unequal
"The president does oppose same-sex marriage, but he supports equality for gay and lesbian couples, and benefits and other issues, and that has been effectuated in federal agencies under his control," Axelrod said on MSNBC. ... "The president opposed Proposition...
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08/04/2010
President is now 4-9, never again For-8
"The President has spoken out in opposition to Proposition 8 because it is divisive and discriminatory. He will continue to promote equality for LGBT Americans" -The White House Happy birthday, Mister President. Have your cake -- then vow to let...
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07/01/2010
Robert George on Obama: Willfully Anti-Intellectual or Passively So?
National Organization for Marriage founder Robert George has written a deliberately provocative 544-word piece for National Review Online, in which he asks of President Obama's marriage stance: Obama on Marriage: Bigot or Liar? [NRO] In said piece, Robby's primary argument...
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06/23/2010
Video: Some vows (DOMA, DADT), some oversights (ENDA, equal vows)
**Pam has more, including transcript: WH LGBT Pride reception: transcript & video -- along w/activism by Nadine Smith of Equality Florida [PHB]
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06/21/2010
Papa can you jeer me: NOM patronizes patriarchs
As the National Org. For Marriage gets more desperate, the organization also gets more callous. Like this weekend when they caught wind of President Obama's proclamation honoring ALL kinds of fathers and ALL kinds of family configurations, the self-appointed marriage...
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06/04/2010
'They'll always demand more,' says she who demands our nothingness
This from the Concerned Women For America's Wendy Wright: "President Obama seems to be going far out of his way to try and keep homosexual activists happy," ... "but the problem is, they'll never be happy – they'll always demand...
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05/07/2010
He may not publicly support the easiest legal way to attach two mothers to their children. But "fierce advocate" Obama does, apparently, support both mothers' right to receive a day filled with breakfast in bed and construction paper cards wherein...
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04/30/2010
A glass house vs. a White House
Maggie Gallagher is someone who, through her prominent and self-determined work to stop America's gay couples from equal rights, stubbornly insists on misrepresenting certain situations (i.e. the Ocean Grove, NJ, tax matter) so that it makes her anti-equality fight seem...
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04/29/2010
And we're praying that Sasha and Malia don't use the Internet
No, there's no reason to be concerned with extremism in this country: Facebook Group 'Praying' For President Obama's Death Passes 1 Million Members [Huff Po] Unreal. Yes, I wanted Bush's agenda to lose support. Yes, I wanted many of his...
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04/20/2010
Video: Gays yell, prez stays chill -- LGBT soldiers don't comment on either lest opinions become liabilities
Gay protesters interrupt Obama at California fundraiser for Barbara Boxer [LA Times]
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