HRC:DOMA must go!

After urging their members to talk to their lawmakers about the LGBT agenda (DOMA Repeal chief among them) during the August Recess, HRC has followed with a survey intended to show congress the damage DOMA is doing to LGBT families.

Why a survey? If you or someone close to you is married to a same-sex partner, you probably know all about DOMA’s discriminatory effects. But there are still far too many people – including our lawmakers – who don’t know how DOMA is harming families every day. Your answers to this survey will help show them how important this issue is.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve helped build unprecedented momentum to repeal DOMA. But President Obama has yet to take action against DOMA, and Congress still isn’t getting the message. We need to keep up a constant stream of pressure if they’re going to act.

Like many others in the community, I have always been skeptical of HRC in their ability and willingness to speak for the grassroots. But if this time they truly put their weight behind the DOMA repeal, I'm more than willing to open my wallet and donate money. Joe Solomonese can have as many galas as he likes if my family can enjoy some real rights.