HRC Pleads With Obama Not To Make Joe Solmonese Look Like a Liar
http://www.queerty.com/hrc-pleads-with-obama-not-to-make-joe-solmonese-look-like-a-liar-20101025/At 927 words, this open letter from HRC chief Joe Solmonese earned $327.90 per word is the Gay Inc. head's last ditch effort to 1) show donors that HRC really can "pressure" Democrats and the White House; and 2) nudge the president not to turn Solmonese's February promise to HRC's "members" that "this year we are going to bring down the discriminatory policy known as DADT."
Dear Mr. President:
Years from now, students of the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality (LGBT) will no doubt see this fall as a pivotal period in the history of our struggle for fundamental fairness. In January, we were all inspired by your State of the Union pledge to end our nation's discriminatory ban on open service by gays and lesbians. Equally inspiring was the testimony in support of repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We have come so far, but the only true measure of success is whether the thousands of brave gay and lesbian Americans who are serving their country, and the many more who want to serve their country, can do so openly and honestly. We have not yet met that goal, and without your leadership and unparalleled efforts, this historic opportunity to remove a stain of discrimination from our nation will pass all of us by.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
HRC finally agrees with GetEqual, and us, that Prez must issue stop-loss order on DADT
Posted by John Aravosis (DC) at 10/25/2010 05:30:00 PM
http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/hrc-finally-agrees-with-geteqaul-and-us.htmlThis is interesting. Did the White House put HRC up to this, which is usually the case for HRC's public pronouncements, or is HRC scared crap-less that come the end of the year they're going to be held responsible for none of our top three goals - DADT, ENDA, DOMA - being achieved?
HRC wrote an "open letter" to the President today. Such things are considered slaps in the face in this town, unless they're all for show, and have been approved by the "victim" in advance. HRC's record, like Obama's, is not one of boldness. It's difficult to believe that HRC got so fed up with the President - who they defended again today on TV - that they're suddenly issuing public ultimatums to the man.
