AguynamedWayne's Comments (1720)

“You do know that as a state senator in Illinois Obama supported gay marriage unequivocally, don't you? Funny, isn't it, how politicians so often "discover" that their supposed "faith" is against same-sex marriage whenever it happens to suit their ambitions.”

“You do know that he said he would not allow his PERSONAL opinions about gay marriage to sidetrack such an important issue or sway his decision to sign anything with regard to gay civil rights? Don't you? Obama's PERSONAL opinion about gay marriage is irrelevant.

i.e. Our President understands that his personal opinions about such an issue have no bearing on his position as POTUS whose job is to represent ALL Americans.”

“Hush, that doesn't fit the cartoon worldview.”

“Oh please!!!! You're so off the mark Wayne! Get real brother!”

“Yes, because the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, which passed on Democratic votes with almost all Republican Senators opposed, apparently does absolutely nothing for gay people.”

“Drop it Wayne...... Your argument is tired.”

“What do you prefer? The party that slow-walks on their promises? Or the party that would forment revolution against the hate crimes bill? The Republicans are the ones who think it shouldn't incur extra penalties if you throw acid in a gay person's face just because they're gay. I understand if you're pissed at the dems, but the Republicans are a very clear case of out of the frying pan and into the fire.”

“come on now! betrayal? you honestly think the GOP will be the savior of the gay community? your post is perplexing....”

“So if they support gay rights but destroy every other civil right you have you're going to support them?

Smart move.”

“Could you give the man the 4 years for which he was elected to fullfill before you start with the betrayal accusations? Oy, vey!”

“Right, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act--which only three Republican senators voted for--is a perfect example of how Obama is doing so badly on Gay issues whereas the Republicans are looking really good.

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“Betrayal? What betrayal? lol

What a drama queen...”

“Great ,they will support "your" equality with token gestures and symbolic representation, and roll back everyones rights 25 years. Then when all their Conservative friends are back in power, guess who's right they will be sure to take away first? Yours.”

“Cutting off the nose to spite the face... smart move.”

“I'm a Democrat who supported Obama both financially and with my vote. He's a snake. I have the snake oil to prove it. He's a fraud and I don't need another 3 years to figure that out. His friends smell bad and he keeps them. Glen beck wanted Van Jones out and he was gone - but not his financial boys. No not them. Snake. Coward. Weak. Obama. We're sitting the next one out.”

“What betrayal?

In his first year, he's passed anti-hate crimes legislation that protects gay people, has dropped the ban against HIV+ foreign nationals from visiting the US, extended Ryan White, has promised to sign ENDA and push for the repeal of DADT.

That's more than anyone else has done, or even promised to do.

As a gay American, I find your impatience to be childish.”

“You're right. If he couldn't get it all done in less than a year, it's best to just give up on him.”

“its not about setting aside for obama's career-- he'll probably do fine w/or without this issue. Its about not sitting aside. Helping the pres, the legislatures, the churches, our elected officials, etc. advocate for the support and votes needed.”

“Did you all listen to anything Obama said during his campaign or are you just ignorant and lazy? Obama was never about going to Washington and doing everything himself. He stated over and over he needed grassroots help to change the government.

Americans are just LAZY. Millions of LGBT are LAZY.


I'm sure they can show up and spend tons on money on PRIDE parades though.

It was gay rights groups that asked Obama to NOT sign an EO on DADT anyway~”

“You all gave Bush the WH for EIGHT years, yet he did NOTHING to encourage these laws to be repealed. OBama has come in and has stated his desire AND his intention to get these laws repealed. Yet a year has not passed and you are already being rather hostile because OBama is not "moving fast enough for you" when you sat by quietly from 2000-2008 and demanded nothing from the GOP.”

“You all gave Bush the WH for EIGHT years, yet he did NOTHING to encourage these laws to be repealed. OBama has come in and has stated his desire AND his intention to get these laws repealed. A year has not even passed and you are already being rather hostile because OBama is not "moving fast enough for you" when you sat by quietly from 2000-2008 and demanded nothing from the GOP. Look at how difficult it is to even get health care reform passed - when OBama himself wanted to have a bill signed by Thanksgiving. Do you seriously believe that Obama is intentionally trying to delay gay rights just for sport? Or is that simply a convenient thing for you to do because it gives you a ready scapegoat and prevents you from acknowledging that the political system created by our founding fathers was designed to make change difficult?

And when people say nonsense like "at least with Bush, we knew what we were getting," I say to them: Really? Did you vote for someone knowing that he was going to ruin the economy with tax cuts for the wealthy and illegal wars, and off the books accounting? Did you knowingly vote for someone who would be playing golf while New Orleans drowned? Did you knowingly vote for someone who tortured, spied, could barely form a coherent sentence, and ranked civil rights the lowest on the totem pole?”

“"Obama and the Dems?" Tell me, how much progress have gays made in the last 8 years from 2000-2008? More gays voted by proportion for Clinton and Kerry and they did for OBama - yet what have Clinton and Kerry done that have benefited gays that Obama has not done?

It's one thing when you have facts to back up your claims, it's another thing when you're speaking from a place of irrational resentment.”

“I wish you guys were this fired up when Bush was in office. I'm just saying there's only so much political capital and health care is spending most of that. We can argue about morals all day but that's not gonna get you anywhere in Washington. Yes - chess. People who make policies are playing it and you're standing in the corner stomping your feet. Sorry but it's true.”

“50 years isn't long enough. Health care reform now! Nobody cares about this "issue."”

“Gays have been waiting since the fall of Rome, but based on some of these posts here, you would swear that it's Obama and only Obama who is responsible for holding up, obstructing and preventing them from having equality.”

“Fanned & Faved”

“For gays like you (A guy named Wayne) that want to bash the President all the time I hope our next president is the biggest right-wing religious nut case this country has ever seen and then let's see how far you get. I bet you'll be crying for Obama then.”