More Change We Can't Believe In...
Jun. 8th, 2009 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijinAt Obama's request, Supreme Court refuses to hear case challenging Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Several officers have come forward since Obama took office to challenge DADT; they have all been dishonorably discharged, with the firm and clear approval of the White House.
The only way that this can be seen in a positive light is this: Obama has taken several steps during his administration in an attempt to get Congress to take responsibility and power. This might be a similar step- not touching a law Congress passed, in the expectation that Congress will undo what it has done.
Myself, I'm not buying. That would make sense if Obama had at least taken a stand supporting such a new law. He hasn't. Indeed, on gay rights issues he is either silent or (in the case of gay marriage) mildly antagonistic.
For my part, this is evidence of Obama having no use for homosexuals except when he needs their vote- no better, in other words, than the Clintons.
Several officers have come forward since Obama took office to challenge DADT; they have all been dishonorably discharged, with the firm and clear approval of the White House.
The only way that this can be seen in a positive light is this: Obama has taken several steps during his administration in an attempt to get Congress to take responsibility and power. This might be a similar step- not touching a law Congress passed, in the expectation that Congress will undo what it has done.
Myself, I'm not buying. That would make sense if Obama had at least taken a stand supporting such a new law. He hasn't. Indeed, on gay rights issues he is either silent or (in the case of gay marriage) mildly antagonistic.
For my part, this is evidence of Obama having no use for homosexuals except when he needs their vote- no better, in other words, than the Clintons.
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Date: 2009-06-09 02:42 am (UTC)I know his power is limited, and it hasn't been too long, but he isn't even paying lip service to things.
Unfortunately I think the alternatives were even worse, still.
More interested in Howard Dean's efforts toward healthcare reform at this point.