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"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

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“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Back Burner

Ran across this this open letter from Robin Tyler at AmericaBlog this morning, and I think I agree. It's getting to the point at which the national gay rights organizations, which Andrew Sullivan with some justification called appendages of the Democratic party, are bearing a more than passing resemblance to the Log Cabin Republicans.

It's not that I expected everything to be a done deal within the first hundred days, but I had hoped for some leadership. What we're getting from Obama and the Democrats is a headlong retreat from confronting gay issues. and I'm fed up. You can't be a leader if you won't even acknowledge events.

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