When President Obama was elected last year I was ecstatic. Not ecstatic enough for it to override the disappointment I felt at the passage of Proposition 8 but still I though to myself, “A smart, articulate, progressive politician is in the White House for the first time in my adult life. This might mean that Proposition 8 is moot when we repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and get marriage at a federal level this state by state stuff won’t matter.”
Unfortunately it hasn’t worked out like that. Obama was all but absent during the Proposition 8 campaign, which is understandable given that he was running for president at the time. Since then, however, his administration has defended DOMA, punted on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, didn’t lift a finger for Question 1 in Maine and haven’t even mentioned the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. Now though the challenge to Proposition 8 has reached federal courts and Equality California has a petition which states this:
President Obama, I urge you to immediately file a brief in the federal court challenge to Prop 8 and ask the court to rule that it is unconstitutional to allow a majority to take away the rights of a minority.
Obama promised he’d be a fierce advocate for LGBT equality, it’s time he lived up to that promise. Go here to sign it.
Hat tip to AMERICAblog.
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