Obama Heckled by Gay Rights Protesters (Video)
AP
"What about don't ask, don't tell?" one protester shouted shortly after Mr. Obama began his remarks, according to the pool report.
Mr. Obama replied, "We are going to do that." But there was several more interruptions through the speech. The protesters were from GetEQUAL, the group that was behind a protest at the White House last month where activists Lt. Dan Choi and former Army infantryman Jim Pietrangelo were arrested after handcuffing themselves to a gate.
After one protester yelled "it's time for equality for all Americans," Mr. Obama responded by saying, "can I just say again Barbara and I are supportive of repealing Don't Ask, Dont Tell."
At one point, the rest of the crowd tried to drown out the protesters by shouting "Yes We Can" -- Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign slogan.
One of the protestors, Dan Fotou, talked to the blog "LGBT POV" about the experience.
"It was worth it to us," he said of buying $500 tickets to the event.
The military is currently engaged in a nearly year-long review of the impact of repealing the 1993 policy, which bars gays and lesbians from serving openly.
You can watch some of the video below:
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How can you tell people to keep quiet when one of the best things about this country is FREE SPEECH?
People have to learn to tolerate other people. Having a mental or physical condition that may put others around you at risk is not the same thing as what your favorite sexual organ is.
As there is no "creator", there are no rights given.
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So apparently you were formed from nothing.
Maybe the naysayers should attempt to understand the argument instead of holding up signs full of misspelled words.
This country is quite the joke. We would no doubt be 50 years ahead of where we are now if we just dropped the nonsense of sky daddy and the jewish zombie aka Jesus.
I think dont ask dont tell should be repealed, and if you dont want to serve in the military with gays, then YOU DONT HAVE TOO!!!
The boom of my voice was enormous. The whole room stopped, including the President. I had never heard myself be so loud. Clearly it would not be drown out by the people in my vicinity who started telling me to shut up. I just kept going. After several repetitions, the President look straight back to me and said, if you have so much to say, then come up here and say it. I said out loud yes, lifted my right hand as if to part the crowd and make my way. Funny thing, I actually would have been more comfortable on the stage than in the crowd. I was relieved and all my facts were streaming through my mind about what I wanted to tell him. As I made a ten foot advance I felt two men in black suits take my elbows in tow. It wasn?t mean, it wasn?t aggressive just certain, with purpose and they knew that I was not going to resist their about face.
Mr. Obama replied, "We are going to do that."
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That was until some of the Joint Chiefs said, hold up....not a good idea
Now he's flapping away in the breeze
As there is no "creator", there are no rights given.
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Well those that wrote the Declaration of Independence disagreed with you, not only did they say, endowed by "Our Creator", but "Nature's God" as well.
"inalienable" - incapable of being alienated, taken or transferred.
When someone sneezes, do you say, "Internal God - bless you" ?