A weak olive branch.
President Barack Obama signaled to gay rights activists Wednesday that he's listening to their priorities by extending some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. But he didn't give them even close to everything they want, bringing growing anger against the president to the surface.
The president signed a memo giving the same-sex partners some benefits, but not not health care.
Obama aides urged gays and lesbians to have patience with the new White House's slow-and-steady approach to the politically charged topic. But his critics — and there were many — saw Wednesday's incremental move to expand gay rights as little more than pandering to a reliably Democratic voting bloc, with the primary aim not of making policy more fair but of cutting short a fundraising boycott. read more here...
I don't know who is advising Barack Obama on GLBT issues, but they needed to be fired, yesterday.
Obama's remarks, transcript
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