Obama needs to be followed around by a crowd of protestors wherever he goes

until he realizes that we're not just something he can stand on when he needs to get elected.

RECALL . . . ??

My faith is disappearing, big time --

Tell me this is a nightmare I'm going to wake up from!

I dare you to start a roll call for those that would commit to that action.

Not. Gonna. Happen.

DU is all about complaining without action.

Learn it. Live it. Love it.

Builds up votes in Congress for specific action by holding officials accountable to their local base

You can pester them to become leaders within the party, and to become an advocate for marriage equality on a local, state and/or federal level.

San Diego's mayor is the Republican with a lesbian daughter, right?

And I will continue to do so until everyone has equal rights.

Yes my mayor is GOP - hes a good guy actually - he is retiring from politics however.

My City Council memeber is onboard with everything Obama outlined plus marriage.
Barbara Boxer is onboard with everything Obama outlined plus marriage.
Susan Davis is onboard with everything Obama outlined plus marriage.

All of my state reps are onboard with everything Obama outlined plus marriage.

"or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Don't diminish it by calling it "pestering". Petition the government as often as you like.

sad to have to point that out on Democratic Underground.

I have such admiration for her. Why the hell doesn't she support same-sex marriage? Ugh.

She's already done more as SoS for gay rights than Obama has done as president.

I was just saying, she's such an empathetic, perceptive, compassionate, and courageous person. I've never understood her opposition to it. I guess it stems from her husband signing DOMA and what not..

At least he did before he was president.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/obama-once-supported-same_n_157656.html

Obama's response in 1996 to a windy city times questionnaire on gay marriage.

"I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages."



I still support Obama, but I'm starting to realize how he basically conned us all. Obama has amazing social/emotional intelligence, and he knew what this nation needed desperately (change, competence, dignity, the ability to trust our leaders again) and he knew how to portray himself as those things in order to win approval, energy and donations.

However now that he has won the presidency, he has abandoned his core principles in order to shore up political capital.

Does not help his case.

basically ignored it.

His principles would be a private matter, but in his current position, it has become a very public matter.
It is proper to hold leaders accountable for their actions and inactions.

me he was better than Hillary on GLBT issues and would be a "fierce" champion.
After the apology, they should let Obama know he made them liars.

I seem to remember him specifically saying at one of the debates that he did not.

He was for it when he was an IL rep