tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post8359499688321128087..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: Words To Keep In Mind...June Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-21072753072023981892009-06-30T23:05:55.540-05:002009-06-30T23:05:55.540-05:00Paul, I have a real problem with the good people b...Paul, I have a real problem with the good people being thrown out of the military. <br /><br />And the DOJ should revise its despicable arguments.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-9375684301028414162009-06-30T22:11:38.471-05:002009-06-30T22:11:38.471-05:00I have no problem with the political reality that ...I have no problem with the political reality that change comes slowly and we cannot expect miracles overnight. That does not have me stirred up at all. But I remain absolutely furious with him over one thing. I am still waiting for him to repudiate the brief his DOJ filed arguing that the government has an interest in excluding our marriages just as it did in cases of incest and pedophilia. It is crappy legal reasoning and an over the top insult that I will not overlook. I insist on his repudiating it and nothing less will placate me. (It would take so little on his part and he could gain so much good will instantly.)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-89594655086982694462009-06-30T17:07:25.167-05:002009-06-30T17:07:25.167-05:00Suzer, I agree, up to a point. But he made promis...Suzer, I agree, up to a point. But he made promises, and if he is a man of his word, he should keep them. How long it takes is a matter that is open to argument. But I think that we must continue to press him. He's getting it from the other side.<br /><br />He could do the executive order for a moratorium on DADT, as the matter is "studied".June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-16942932137624346912009-06-30T16:39:32.391-05:002009-06-30T16:39:32.391-05:00Obama seems to not want to do anything without som...Obama seems to not want to do anything without some support behind him. That might be seen as weak by some, but given the last Administration's willingness to go to war without the support of the rest of the world, I actually appreciate Obama's slower, more deliberate moves.<br /><br />It took many hundreds of years of activism to reach the Civil Rights Act. Slow and steady wins the race, though. If he used an executive order, wouldn't it be just as easy for another President in the future to reverse Obama's order? (I don't know the answer to that, I'm truly asking.)<br /><br />I've been a little frustrated with some of my LGBT brothers and sisters' jumping rather quickly to say Obama has not done enough for us. Surely, 6 months is not a very long time, and he certainly has had other pressing issues on him.<br /><br />That is not to say, however, that we should sit back and accept whatever scraps are thrown to us. If we keep up the pressure for equality on the current Administration, but remain respectful in tone, I suspect we will eventually find ourselves full and equal citizens with our hetero brothers and sisters.Suzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529580138314011952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-66729775567941627802009-06-30T15:55:59.958-05:002009-06-30T15:55:59.958-05:00Göran, if you could hear what I hear in my very ow...Göran, if you could hear what I hear in my very own ears....June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-60155245902121430802009-06-30T14:29:26.693-05:002009-06-30T14:29:26.693-05:00His obvious expectance to be tarred and burnt in t...His obvious expectance to be tarred and burnt in the streets (in many copies) is probably quite realistic, given the climate in the USA - but wrong all the less.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com