The DNC gay fundraiser, despite being boycotted by high profiled gay activists, still managed to pull in almost $1 million, exceeding 750K raised last year. All it took was VP Joe Biden repeating President Obama's campaign promises to repeal DOMA and DADT. Of course, no timeline was mentioned as always.
I was disappointed to say the very least. Like David Mixner has said, if we keep forking out money to those who give us nothing but empty promises, how do we expect them to take us seriously? Heck, they might even think the controversy resulted in more doughs for them.
The White House will have a low-key meeting with gay activists next Monday, but I suspect it'd be nothing more than a reiteration of the President's love for the LGBT community, in hope that it'd be sufficient to quiet down the uproar.
There have been many speculations as to why President Obama is moving so painfully slow on gay rights even though society has made great strides. One is that 3/4 of the Obama cabinet are old timers from the Clinton Administration, who have been forever scarred by the early stumbles President Clinton made trying to address gay rights. The other being moderate Democrats in Congress are still reluctant to touch the gay issue. These people have one thing in common: They're still living in the past when the mere mention of the word "gay" would get you into a political mess.
And why bother when the gay community keeps opening their wallets after all these broken promises?
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