The world can hardly contain its excitement that President Obama has jumped on the bandwagon and made an "It Gets Better" video.
Fagburn wonders how long before we see angry mobs beating a path to the home of anyone who hasn't made one?
It was so, so nice of Obama to make a three minute video and babble on about fighting discrimination and utter some nice-sounding platitudes.
It would have been better if he tried to actually make things better for gay kids by fighting discrimination himself; like pushing for gay marriage, anti-discrimination legislation and repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell.
You know, little things that would mean gay people aren't still second-class citizens in the USA.
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"[Dan] Savage said Friday morning on CNN that he appreciates the message and believes it will mean a lot to young people. But Mr. Savage said he wants to see Mr. Obama match words with actions. He referred to the administration’s decision to support, in court, both the Defense of Marriage Act and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
ReplyDelete“The president of the United States has the power to do more than assure LGBT kids that it will get better,” Mr. Savage said. “The president of the United States and his administration have the power to make it better.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/10/22/obama-joins-it-gets-better-campaign-dan-savage-says-make-it-better/?mod=google_news_blog