Angry Gay Democrats Pull Support For DNC
(CBS/AP)
Politico reports that the National Stonewall Democrats is the latest group to pull out of a June 25 Democratic National Committee fundraiser because of the Obama administration's defense of DOMA and lack of action on gay issues.
The group said is "incredibly disappointed" in the party for a variety of reasons, including a perceived lack of support.
"The DNC has traditionally provided materials for the many Pride parades and festivals around the country to help educate the LGBT community about why the Democratic Party is the Party for full LGBT equality," National Stonewall wrote in an e-mail, according to Politico. "This year, we were informed that we would not be receiving any materials or support for producing materials for the various nationwide Pride activities. These decisions were very disappointing."
The e-mail also cited the DOMA brief as a reason to pull out of the fundraiser.
"The members of the Board and our membership put our hopes, our dollars and our time into ensuring the election of Barack Obama because we believed that he supported us. To now have his Administration refer to our relationships in the same terms used by our long time enemies such as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson hurts on so many levels," National Stonewall wrote.
The government's pro-DOMA stance has already prompted many other high profile gay rights supporters to boycott the fundraiser.
Among them, as Newsweek reported Wednesday, is Vermont Senate President Peter Shumlin. As an early Obama supporter and leader of the marriage equality bill in Vermont, Shumlin was expected to be an honored guest at the event.
"I am shocked and disappointed at the level of insensitivity that the Department of Justice has shown towards gay and lesbian couples and their families," Shumlin said in an e-mail to Newsweek. "My disappointment in this has led me to the regrettable decision not to be a participant in the DNC event."
Shumlin also said he believes that the Department of Justice and the government's action will not only alienate the LGBT community but perpetuate stereotypes and discrimination as well. He expressed hope that Mr. Obama will "actively support" marriage equality.
The recipient of the National Stonewall Democrats' e-mail, the DNC's Tom Petrillo, responded with a short statement encouraging a continued relationship between the two groups. Petrillo pointed to the fact that the DNC plans to support a Stonewall activity later this year.
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The forceing of their agenda through the legal system to make people "respect" them and "tolerate" them when they do not show the same respect or tolerance to anyone else simply because they want to have "spiecial rights or, greater, rights" than anyone else, or another term might be used, they want their lifestyle to be "exaulted" above everyone elses lifestyle.
DOMA is in existance because of the mockery of marriage by the homosexual agenda.
no war crimes trials
still in iraq
expanding Afghanistan
no universal health care
no full support of gay rights
Americans may have to take to the streets to get real change we can believe in!
"Our new president is just a Black version of George W Bush."
Your comment is exactly how most of the gay community thinks, if they don't get their way on this issue and that is part of why your effort is losing support.
Not to mention that our president (whom I did not vote for anyway) is kind of busy with some other issues, like missles being pointed at Hawaii and so, like most of the rest of America, we don't consider gay marriage as being really important at this time!
And with such weak support from people like you, then you're getting just what you deserve from the president, who by the way, just made it easier for many of you to get medical benefits.