Andrew Sullivan live-blogged President Obama’s speech to the Human Rights Campaign’s Annual Dinner. Excoriation is the most polite term I can use to describe Sullivan’s assessment of the president. A few points:
He says he will end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell but he has done nothing, and he offered no time-line, no deadline for action and no verifiable record that he has done anything, despite his claims that he has.
He says he is ending the HIV ban, but it is still in force, a year and a half after it was signed by George W. Bush and passed by massive majorities in both houses.
He says he favors equality for gay couples but said nothing tonight to support the initiatives in Maine or in Washington State or the struggle in Washington DC for marriage equality. That’s a test of real sincerity on this matter. He failed it.
I don’t believe the president is deliberately shuffling his feet on these issues. After all, there seem to be quite a few things currently occupying his time. One can’t help but wonder though, if some type of goodwill gesture would temporarily placate this important segment of voters. Perhaps one is in the offing? Or perhaps not.
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