Michelle Obama Supports Marriage Equality.

Michelle Obama has spoken out in favour of gay marriage in a new video posted to the internet by the White House.

In the recently released video the First Lady, wife of US President Barack Obama, answered questions put to her by her 1million Twitter followers. 


One of them was 'Please tell us about your family discussions about marriage equality and thank President Obama for his support'.

Michelle Obama answered: "For Barack and me it really comes down to values of fairness and equality that we want to pass down to our girls. These are basic values that kinds learn at a very young age and that we encourage them to apply in all areas of their lives."

She continued: "And in a country were we teach our children that everyone is equal under the law, discriminating against same-sex couples just isn't right.

"So it's as simple as that. We're proud to have your support."

NOM Fakes It By Stealing Obama's Pics.

The crowd image is of one of Obama's presidential rallies and belongs to Reuters

America’s National Organization for Marriage was attempting to downplay its use of Obama rally photos on the launch of a new website yesterday.

NOM’s site NHforMarriage.com, which exists to oppose equal marriage in the state of New Hampshire, was rolled out with a montage of images including one portraying a huge crowd that, it turned out, was not made up of NOM supporters.

The gay blog Good As You first pointed out the image misappropriation, alerting readers that the photo NOM chose to take pride of place on its homepage was actually a copyrighted Reuters photo of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign rally in St Louis.

It sat alongside a separate, up-close photo of a much smaller crowd of NOM members with Defense of Marriage Act-backing placards.

Herman Cain Calls For Obama Impeachment Over Gay Marriage

 

Herman Cain's call for an investigation into President Barack Obama's decision to no longer defend a federal ban on gay marriage has riled the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).

The Republican presidential candidate said during a conference call with reporters last week that the Obama administration's position to no longer defend in court the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that forbids federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples, was an impeachable offense.

President Obama & The New York Gays

 

US President Obama took a step closer to confirming his support for gay marriage in America,  and in New York when he spoke at a fund raiser meeting.    The battle is being a fierce one in New York currently and the president seemed to wow the assembled gay and lesbian donors Thursday night

The Obama effect–backing off on gay issues.

 

Tipped as the most friendly gay president in recent American history, President Barack Obama had a lot to live up to.  He’s bought forward a number of policies that encourage equality, some big successes for the gay and lesbian community.   Don’t Ask,  Don’t Tell repeal for one, same benefits for gay and lesbian partners of federal employees for another.  Visitation and next of kin rights in hospitals another step forward.   Yes,  Obama has done a fair amount for gay people.  He’s also been vocal in support for the fight against gay bullying as well as a commitment to equality.  However,  that’s about all we can hope for,  at least for now. 

Gates Tells Marine There Is No Opt Out Over DADT Repeal

 

Defense Secretary Robert Gates in on a farewell tour of Afghanistan before he departs for his well deserved retirement and his position is taken over by current CIA head Leon Panetta. While on this tour, Gates rather bluntly told a group of Marines that they will not be able to opt out of their enlistment on the grounds that they disagree with the government’s decision to end the ban on lesbians and gays serving openly in the military. The answer came when a Marine sergeant asked about the repeal of the policy during a Q&A session at a base in Helmand Province.

HRC endorses Obama for Election 2012

 

The Human Rights Campaign in America has  announced that it has officially thrown its support behind President Obama in his bid for a second term at the White House.

In a statement, HRC President Joe Solmonese said his organization endorsed Obama because of what the president accomplished for the LGBT community during his nearly two-and-a-half years in office.

Pelosi Gets Fiscal Over Boehner Hiring Attorney to Defend Gay Marriage Ban

 

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't known as a small-government advocate. But she and members of her camp have sounded more like fiscal conservatives ever since House Speaker John Boehner hired a law firm for up to $500,000 to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law banning gay marriage.

Obama hints shift on gay marriage maybe!

 

President Obama's public position has long been that he doesn't support gay marriage.

However, according to US reports,  there could very well be a shift in his stance and position.   At a fund-raising event in San Francisco Wednesday night,

Obama was talking about how his work is not finished.

 

Dharun Ravi Accused of Hate Crime - Over Tyler Clementi’s Death

 

It shook the nation and the world when a 18 year old was so distraught after finding out his room mate had filmed him having sexual relations with another man and streamed it to the internet, that the threw himself off a bridge.

It was the latest in a spate of gay teen suicides all over America, after bullying, torment and a culture of discrimination and homophobia that spill down from the highest level.

Montana judge rejects gay couple rights suit - America is failing it’s own people.

 

Another blow for civil liberties of Americans and another step backwards for the once great nation.  Once again America is becoming a breading ground for legalised homophobia and prejudice on a grand scale.     

A Montana judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that sought to extend to gay couples the same legal protections as married couples, saying in his decision that he can't grant the benefits partly because of the state's voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

Obama & Biden's Military Initiative Excludes Gays!

 

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden's military initiative Joining Forces excludes gay families.  In a surprise homophobic and discriminatory move the duo are set to ignore gay people on a nationwide tour that looks at the unique challenges faced by military families when it kicks off today after a special event at the White House.

Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch, Anne Hathaway ask Obama to support same-sex marriage!

 

In an unprecedented move, top American celebrities and VIP’s  including Jane Lynch, Anne Hathaway and Ellen DeGeneres  have kicked off the "Say I Do" campaign this week by signing a letter to President Obama asking him for clarity on the topic of same-sex marriage and urging him to support an end to "exclusion from marriage."

FRC Cheers John Boehner's Decision To Defend Gay Marriage Ban DOMA in US

 

The Family Research Council (FRC) supports House Speaker John Boehner's decision to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court,  reports OnTopMagazine.

Boehner on Friday announced the creation of a five-member panel to consider whether to instruct the House's nonpartisan Office of the General Counsel to defend the law after President Barack Obama announced the Department of Justice would no longer defend the law because he believed parts of it are unconstitutional. DOMA bans federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples and allows states to ignore such marriages from out of state.

“We commend Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor for intervening to defend DOMA,” FRC President Tony Perkins said in a statement. “A forceful intervention is a necessary response that will limit the dangerous precedent set by President Obama's refusal to defend DOMA.”

Perkins suggested the Department of Justice had only half-heartedly defended the law.

“We are optimistic that DOMA will now receive a vigorous legal defense. Until now, this statute, passed by overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate and signed into law by President Clinton, has only received an anemic defense by the Obama Justice Department. That falls short of the vigorous and intelligent effort that the federal definition of marriage and American families deserve.”

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Republicans Against Gay Marriage & America’s Downfall

 

North Carolina is the sight of the latest attack on gay rights in America and symbolic of the backward nature of politics in the grand old US of A.  Although as the world moves forward the US of A looks less U and drags it’s heels in the last century.

Republican supporters of a bill that would ask voters to write a ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution say it has its best chance at passage since they started pushing for it in 2004. Reports the Charlotte Observer.

Gay rights advocates question Obama's prayer breakfast!

 

President Barack Obama and wife Michelle at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast

As President Barack Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, demonstrators outside reignited a simmering debate over the role the breakfast's organizers in an attempt to pass anti-gay legislation in Uganda.

Gay rights activists urged President Obama not to attend this year’s National Prayer Breakfast accusing the Fellowship Foundation - which hosts the annual event - of promoting anti-gay legislation in Uganda. Reports CNN.

US gay troops to start training in weeks

 

Great news come this week for gay people wanting to serve in the US armed forces.   The Pentagon has released guidelines for incorporating openly gay troops into the military after the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy last month, ok,  so  officials warned not all benefits given to married couples in the military would apply to same-sex couples,  but they are not moving slowly,  in fact they are moving very fast indeed.

US Congress Person Shot In Head.

US congresswoman has been shot in the head and five other people have been killed by a gunman in Arizona.     Shock news coming in confirms that Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, whose 40, was shot at close range in front of hundreds of people at a public meeting in Tucson.

She is in a critical condition, but the doctor treating her said he was "very optimistic about her recovery".   President Barack Obama said the dead included a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge he named as John Roll and played tribute to the striken congresswoman.  he asked the nation to keep her and the other victims in their thoughts.