April 10, 2008
Oh, So NOW Obama Wants to Talk to Us!
Backstory:
• I take back everything I said about Barack Obama…
• Eric Stern, How Do You Live With Yourself?
From Pinknews.co.uk:
US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has given an interview with leading gay publication The Advocate, just a week after being criticised for “disrespecting” the LGBT media.The interview is due to be published tomorrow, but AP were given excerpts.
Mr Obama, a US Senator from Illinois, said he supports a repeal of a law that bars openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people from serving in the country’s Armed Forces and is hopeful it can be achieved. …
Senator Obama also told the magazine that he would sign into law workplace protections for LGB people and would like to include trans protections, though he acknowledged that might be more difficult to get through Congress.
“Obama also said he’s interested in ensuring that same-sex couples in civil unions get federal benefits,” reports AP.
Last week Philadelphia Gay News published an wide-ranging interview with his rival for the Democratic nomination Senator Clinton, ahead of the Pennsylvania primary later this month. …
How transparent. Pander, pander, pander.
Oh, and Barry? Civil unions still aren’t good enough.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Employment/ENDA, Marriage, Media, Military/DADT
