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Barack Obama
Related: About this forumPresident Obama and the Fight for LGBT Rights
"This is Done"
"We are a Nation that says out of Many we are One"
"We are not a Nation that says Don't Ask Don't Tell"
This is so moving. Our President has given this country a chance to move forward, a giant step for equality for all. This is a huge accomplishment. I am so incredibly proud of this President.
BOG

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President Obama and the Fight for LGBT Rights (Original Post)
sheshe2
Sep 2013
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Cha
(309,953 posts)1. "This is Done"! Well, that was a happy tearjerker, she..

Paraprashing here.. PBO: "Their love and committment is as strong as anyone else's"..
From a woman whom I didn't get her name.. "this is not just good for GLBT for us as a Nation" so true. And, one reason we are more exceptional than say.. Russia! Where "Obama named one of Russias top 5 gay heroes
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023692052
PBO: "Nobody should be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love"..

Mahalo she BOG

sheshe2
(91,520 posts)2. President Obama~





William769
(58,802 posts)3. President Obama has given LGBT rights a huge voice during his presidency
& also help change some laws that were discriminatory.
Cha
(309,953 posts)4. He came through with
shining colors, Bill!
sheshe2
(91,520 posts)5. He has William!

treestar
(82,383 posts)6. Now, now, anyone who supports the President
after Jan. 20, 2009, when Rick Warren gave an invocation, is a homophobe. I have it on good authority and have been labeled so myself in the GD.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)7. You must be in good company then.