This is what Obama said a the Lesbian Gay Bi***ual Transgender (LGBT)
fundraiser in New York City on March 31. 2008 where he raised $173,000
in one evening while McCain was on his 8th trip to Iraq.
Johnson, who is 25, has sup****ted Obama for about a year but prefaced
his remarks by saying he has never been an "Obama-phile." He said the
senator addressed some of the most contentious LGBT issues without
prompting, such as same-*** marriage and the inclusion of transgender
people in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. In fact, those were
the two issues Sen. Obama singled out as being potential
disappointments to the LGBT community right now, while he signaled
that a hate-crimes bill could likely be passed and signed into law and
that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" might be on the horizon.
According to several sources, including Johnson and Lenore, Obama said
he did not think it was "politically feasible" to secure marriage
rights for same-*** couples in the country at this point. Sen. Obama
acknowledged that the community wanted full marriage rights but said
that he favored civil unions for now while leaving open the
possibility that his position might evolve in the future.
In terms of ENDA, Obama said he sup****ted an ENDA that included
transgender protections but that he didn't believe a fully inclusive
bill had enough votes to pass the Senate at this time.
The big question is will Obama sup****t affirmative action for gays and
lesbians?
ref:
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/03/31/2
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