No President Has Ever Been Better To Gay People. Thank You President Obama.

[Hekate]

75. Tears of joy for you and yours, DonRedwood

Hugging you and yours with tears of joy in my eyes.
This is a great day, and as far as I am concerned, my marriage is only strengthened by the love in yours.

Hekate

President Obama has stood firmly in his support of me. He did not grandstand, he did not act showy, he did not scream from the bully pulpit. He just simply stood firm and let the right wing scream and gnash their teeth and show themselves to be hate mongers. And then Obama did his business.

He stopped prosecuting, he changed rules, he stood firm. He helped change the world.

DOMA, a dagger in my heart as a tax-paying-domestically-partnered homosexual. Gone.

DADT, an insult beyond belief to the gay Americans who have given their lives to this country. Gone.

Gay Marriage, something you don't understand if your own marriage isn't invalidated the minute you cross state lines to go visit your inlaws in the south, is now going to be respected, at least by the government, no matter where I am in the country. (and, yes, lots of work to be done in this area, but the first major hurdle has been cleared).