The time for political expediency is over...

[Solon]

I never agreed with the excuse, but I did understand its reasoning. Obama now has 4 years until the next election, and our work is just beginning.

To all my GLBT friends, tonight was no victory, but it wasn't a complete defeat either. The battle was lost, but the war goes on, and the dynamics of our opponents have changed. One of those opponents has thrown down the gauntlet tonight, in a victory speech, he claimed that he will listen to those who don't agree with him, and I say we meet this challenge.

Obama's victory tonight is not the end of the struggle, but rather the beginning. He needs to be hammered, and hammered hard, on his equivocating, on his excuses, on his opposition to Marriage Equality.

The real test of the new President-Elect is this, whether he will follow through with just this one promise, to listen to us. He's done nothing to earn our trust, not yet, and possibly not ever, but we must not let him go unchallenged. He's an opponent, not an ally, the sooner we realize this, the easier it will be to try to turn him into an ally.

I feel for everyone who is bitter about the passing of these hateful amendments, I'm filled with rage myself. However, this must not interfere with the struggle that is still ongoing, do not give in to the negative feelings, but rather channel them into means to advance civil rights. Civil rights are never granted by the government, but rather struggled for, fought for, and people even die for them. Do not give up, never give up.

[bluedawg12]

1. Rage is the correct word.

Still, give President Obama a chance. He, himself, just passed a historic milestone.

At least he stopped the hateful language of the dumbya years, all that sh*t about family values, which is code for gay baiting/bashing.

At least thi is man who did not run on gay baiting rhetoric, we could be looking at Mcwalnut and that poison mouthed side kick of his.

But where do we start? Organization? How does one start an effective political movement?

[NorthCarolina]

2. Placing the rights of a minority to popular vote is simply not American

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