Comments on: Gay families take part in WH Easter Egg Roll

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:56:56 +0000

I hope this is a beginning, an opening, for full inclusion and not a meaningless photo-op. We will see.

By: FYI

FYI — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:32:04 +0000

Oops! Substitute “AIG” for
“Enron”. Hehehe…hard to tell the crooks apart anymore without a program.

The points are still the same though. Obama needs to be held accountable, and we must demand that he work for our equality too if he wants to keep his job in less than four years from now.

By: FYI

FYI — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:19:21 +0000

Yeah, lots of Uncle Tom’s in the GLBT community said the same about Bill Clinton as stated below.

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“You folks need to GROW UP and CHILL OUT. President Obama is the best thing that’s happened to the GLBTQAI community since Stonewall.”

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…Hmmmm, Obama attracts honey bees instead of flies when he takes a dump too, eh? Best thing since Stonewall, eh? Wow! What a load!

Democratic leaders in both houses of this Congress take their lead from Obama. Obama does not lead on our issues. He avoids them. Got it!

So, don’t dump it all on Congress. Obama is the titulary head of the Democratic Party. Nothing is going anywhere without his approval and/or backing. Don’t be so naive.

As long as Obama thinks he can get re-elected without our votes and money, he will run from the issue of our equality as quickly as Enron did to the Bahamas to celebrate after they got their bailout money.

You’re the one who needs to grow up, Burgoon-Clark. No pressure, no results. Got it?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:27:38 +0000

The things that Obama has thus far done for glbtq people may be mainly symbolic, but what a pleasure it is to have a President who does not demonize gay people, push a far-right agenda, and attempts to be inclusive. Rest assured, the Bushes never sent invitations to the Family Equality Council, the HRC, or the NGLTF. The Obamas seem to realize that gay people are part of the country. This may not be a big deal, but it is a refreshing change.

By: Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:17:53 +0000

My morning routine is to read the Boston Globe online and then, later, read this site. In the Globe, I spend a lot of time countering the posts of guys on the far right who just can’t *evah* say anything positive about Obama. Today, it was “don’t give the guy credit for handling the pirate/hostage situation well…it was just luck.” Their bias is wearying and, at times, silly sounding. Not to mention that one of the best tricks at appearing legitimate and influencing people to agree with you is to “throw your opponent a bone” once in a while, complimenting her or him on minor things that went right.

A lot of you guys posting in here sound JUST LIKE THE FAR RIGHT LUNIES! You’re the Gay Left version of the same darn thing.

Your agenda and resentment is so strong that it colors everything you see.

We *know* you’re disappointed in the lack of gay marriage support and taking too long to end DADT. But could you keep that bias out of a generally positive story about the Easter egg hunt, please? It gets so tiresome….

By: The Menstruator

The Menstruator — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:11:23 +0000

Was larry sinclair there rolling obama’s eggs?
I’m glad that some homos could go dance and sing and act all proper like for the president. He must’ve really appreciated the show everyone put on. He is a great actor as well.
You can roll eggs with the man, I just can’t roll the eggs of my wife’s mouth and get the same civil rights. But hey. Let’s all roll a F-ing egg.
Does having children kill one’s need to NOT assimilate to the breeder ways?

By: Robert In Michigan

Robert In Michigan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:06:27 +0000

Too funny, I thought the ‘WH’ meant “West Hollywood.” My, is it true we have a friend outside the Gay Ghetto?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:21:34 +0000

Cathy Said: change starts with people getting to know and understand us as people, beyond the misinformation and crap they have been fed by anti-gay groups and religious extremists. the policy change will happen – but the cultural change needs to happen first.

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Abso-frickin-lutly.

There was no politicizing of children. And if there is it’s by those who seek to take away parental, adoption, marriage, and a slew of other rights from Gay folks.

At least he had the book right side up while reading to the kids.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:54:41 +0000

to clarify and correct here – the Bushes never invited LGBT families this is the first time. and change starts with people getting to know and understand us as people, beyond the misinformation and crap they have been fed by anti-gay groups and religious extremists. the policy change will happen – but the cultural change needs to happen first

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:20:34 +0000

i am a lesbian and a mother not all of us make our children activists. my children are not activists. if when they become voting adults i want them to be active and utilize their right to vote because their great grandmother fought for the right for my girls to vote. we are a family and i did not have them just to use them for my “agenda” whatever that is. but i answer my childrens questions honestly so my 12 year old especially, knows that her mommies can’t get married unless we moved across the country. to say that our children are in exsistance because i wanted to further my political activism is an insult. my children are CHILDREN, and i am not any less of a mother because ia am a politically active lesbian