HRC's chance to prove its worth

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Apparently the nation's largest LGBT organization, with more than 650,000 members and a $30 million budget, the 25-year-old group doesn't have many gains in the way of federal rights.

Congress has yet to pass any pro-gay legislation. Instead, the LGBT community has been saddled with the antigay Defense of Marriage Act and the 1993 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military. Roughly 11,000 male and female service members have been dismissed under the ban.

For the first time since 1992, the Democrats, whom HRC kowtows to, now control Congress. Political pundits on both sides of the aisle say the stars have aligned for the passage of pro-gay legislation.