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Joe Biden said during the debate that he and President Obama believed gay families should have the same constitutional rights as straight families. Mr. Obama mentioned "gay and straight" in his acceptance speech. Yet gay and lesbian Americans are completely absent from this website or this administration's developing agenda. Even the Matthew Shepard Act is not described in a way that mentions gays and lesbians.
On the same night that millions celebrated the Obama/Biden victory, thousands of families in California, Arkansas and Arizona were forcibly reminded that they were still second-class citizens. That's not right, it's not in keeping with our highest ideals, and it is not "embracing our better history".
I, and many thousands of other queer Americans, worked for Mr. Obama's campaign at least partially in hopes that he would do better for us than the Republicans have done. I am saddened to find us ignored so far on this website and this agenda. It is my sincere hope that you will correct this oversight swiftly, and that it is an oversight and not a deliberate erasure.
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Date: 2008-11-08 01:23 am (UTC)Enter "gay" in the search engine for this site. 0 results.
Joe Biden said during the debate that he and President Obama believed gay families should have the same constitutional rights as straight families. Mr. Obama mentioned "gay and straight" in his acceptance speech. Yet gay and lesbian Americans are completely absent from this website or this administration's developing agenda. Even the Matthew Shepard Act is not described in a way that mentions gays and lesbians.
On the same night that millions celebrated the Obama/Biden victory, thousands of families in California, Arkansas and Arizona were forcibly reminded that they were still second-class citizens. That's not right, it's not in keeping with our highest ideals, and it is not "embracing our better history".
I, and many thousands of other queer Americans, worked for Mr. Obama's campaign at least partially in hopes that he would do better for us than the Republicans have done. I am saddened to find us ignored so far on this website and this agenda. It is my sincere hope that you will correct this oversight swiftly, and that it is an oversight and not a deliberate erasure.