See the shiny pretty Gay Boy Scout crumb. (Gay Inc. applauds, swoons and gets distracted)
While its nice to say something unlike some, it’s not going to placate me and distract me from the REAL issues Mr. President.
So fierce advocate how about an Amicus brief supporting the overturning of DOMA and Prop 8. Or some actual work on YOUR part of getting ENDA passed or even an Executive Order protecting LGBT workers of businesses that hold Federal contracts. The SAME type of EO that Lyndon Johnson signed that protected black workers of businesses that held Federal Contracts in in 1965. There is Presidential precedent. So may I ask whats your problem?
Unlike some I WILL NOT get distracted and swoon over every little thing you do.
I will keep pushing. I will keep fighting.
No more crumbs for me. I want the entire cake.
And I want it now!
Will, it’s more accurate to say that the White House hasn’t said whether or not they will produce an amicus brief. The fact that there isn’t one yet means nothing, as there aren’t /any/ amici briefs yet from the pro-equality side; the date for those briefs to be submitted to the Court is February 28. The only amici briefs published so far are from the anti-equality on behalf of DOMA and Prop 8, as those briefs were due last week.
White House Press Rep has said that they will not get involved in the Prop 8 case – http://www.back2stonewall.com/2013/01/white-house-gay-marriage.html
The Boy Scouts operate under a Congressional charter. At the very least he could pledge his administration to put its weight behind a lobbying effort to rescind the charter if the Scouts don’t drop their policy of discrimination. But expecting anything but words from Obama is expecting way too much.