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		<title>By: Democrats&#8217; &#8220;Coming Rift?&#8221; or a Spreading One? : NO QUARTER</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-1110844</link>
		<dc:creator>Democrats&#8217; &#8220;Coming Rift?&#8221; or a Spreading One? : NO QUARTER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] NQ noticed back in April that Obama&#8217;s support of the LGBT community was less than soulful. Open Letter to all LGBT Community Members and Supporters [...]</description>
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		<title>By: MM</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-211110</link>
		<dc:creator>MM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama hangs out with an anti-gay reverend as well.
see article below

http://www.queerty.com/more-preacher-probs-for-obama-20080324/

see other articles at:

hillaryisourchoice.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama hangs out with an anti-gay reverend as well.<br />
see article below</p>
<p><a href="http://www.queerty.com/more-preacher-probs-for-obama-20080324/" rel="nofollow">http://www.queerty.com/more-preacher-probs-for-obama-20080324/</a></p>
<p>see other articles at:</p>
<p>hillaryisourchoice.com</p>
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		<title>By: Milly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Milly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck with the letter, but I don&#039;t know, I wish our efforts together can expose who this man called Sen O. Barack, really is, and it is disgusting just to listen to him talking, stuttering, even when all he says is scripted.  Come on, Sen Rodham has been ahead on issues before this caricature of a man claiming he is the &#039;one&#039; who will change and support those without voice... but yes there is the &#039;original&#039; Sen Barack stealing Sen Rodham&#039;s ideas.

But I am every day proud of the character, tenacity and will that this senator and woman has shown during &#039;the storm&#039;, (qualities, strong mind) she is too smart, audacious and astute for this half man and half brain and a too bad actor, even the title Sen Jr. Barack does not fit &#039;that empty suit&#039;.  And he better stops saying that if he is the candidate, all democrats will come together, and support, oh no way, my vote will be only for Sen Rodham, if the Democrat Party goes to destruction, it was not because of her.  I am not loyal to a party that have treated Sen Rodham with such disdain!  She will be the &#039;commander in chief&#039;!  Let&#039;s see if the Do..Do..Dah..Dah. Sen Barack can win without us, the ones loyal to Sen Clinton not to him, not to any party!

How come, he is in the senate, when a person with those &#039;friends and marxist brain wash&#039; could have been a &#039;rejection letter&#039; to him, if he had applied to be an FBI agent, after a tough background check...now again, how come, he is in politics?  Umm...

For those asking where all that money to support this do...do...da...da..dah... read the following:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/obam-f14.shtml

The two faces of Barack Obama

OBAMA&#039;S MILLIONAIRES ENDORSERS

&quot;To the extent that Obama’s rhetoric arouses popular expectations—and there are indications that it does—these will inevitably be dashed. In all probability, this will happen once the primary season is over and Obama is confronted by the Republican right as well as elements within the Democratic Party itself with the demand that he clarify his program. Should he capture the White House in November, he will head an administration committed to defending the interests of the American oligarchy both at home and abroad.

&quot;Obama sat down at his computer to exchange emails with Robert Wolf, CEO of UBS America, one of his major Wall Street “bundlers,” responsible for bringing in millions in donations from fellow multi-millionaires to finance what Obama refers to as his “movement.”

&quot;According to estimates made by the Center for Responsive Politics, 80 percent of the money raised by the Obama campaign last year came from donors affiliated with business, with Wall Street leading the pack. More than half of the money came in the form of donations totaling $2,300 or more.&quot;

&quot;Perhaps most significant was last month’s little reported endorsement of Obama by Paul Volcker, who was appointed Federal Reserve Board chairman by Democratic President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and remained in charge of the US central bank for nearly seven years under the right-wing Republican administration of Ronald Reagan.

Volcker was responsible for inaugurating a high-interest-rate regime demanded by the dominant sections of finance capital in the name of the battle against inflation. His monetary policy was inextricably linked to the offensive against the working class begun with the firing of the air traffic controllers and the breaking of the PATCO strike and continued with the shutdown of large sections of basic industry and the unleashing of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The ultimate effect of these policies was a vast transfer of wealth from the mass of working people to a narrow financial elite, a process that has continued to this day.

In a statement announcing his backing for Obama, Volcker noted that he had previously avoided involvement in partisan politics. He said that he was moved to intervene now not “by the current turmoil in markets,” but because of “the breadth and depth of challenges that face our nation at home and abroad.” He added, “Those challenges demand a new leadership and a fresh approach.” Obama’s leadership, he concluded, would be able to “restore needed confidence in our vision, our strength and our purposes right around the world.”

Larry Kudlow, the right-wing pundit and former Reagan administration economic advisor, commented on the endorsement earlier this month, noting that he had once worked as a speechwriter for Volcker and describing him as “a great American... a classic conservative... a man of fiscal and monetary rectitude.”

Volcker, Kudlow wrote, “would not have made this endorsement on a whim. Believe me. He never gets involved in these kinds of political decisions.” He concluded by asking: “Is Volcker the new Robert Rubin [the Wall Street insider who directed the Clinton administration’s economic policy]? Is it possible that Mr. Volcker is somehow tutoring Obama? Is it possible that Obama is more financially conservative than originally believed?”

These are the real relations that are being forged behind the scenes as Obama delivers left phrases from the podium. Those like Volcker see the Illinois senator as a useful vehicle for effecting major changes aimed not at ameliorating the conditions of life for masses of working people, but rather at securing the global interests of American finance capital.&quot;

In addition to Wolf, Obama stays in regular touch with Warren Buffett, the second-wealthiest individual in America, with a net worth of some $52 billion. Among his leading economic advisors is Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago professor and prominent advocate of free market policies.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck with the letter, but I don&#8217;t know, I wish our efforts together can expose who this man called Sen O. Barack, really is, and it is disgusting just to listen to him talking, stuttering, even when all he says is scripted.  Come on, Sen Rodham has been ahead on issues before this caricature of a man claiming he is the &#8216;one&#8217; who will change and support those without voice&#8230; but yes there is the &#8216;original&#8217; Sen Barack stealing Sen Rodham&#8217;s ideas.</p>
<p>But I am every day proud of the character, tenacity and will that this senator and woman has shown during &#8216;the storm&#8217;, (qualities, strong mind) she is too smart, audacious and astute for this half man and half brain and a too bad actor, even the title Sen Jr. Barack does not fit &#8216;that empty suit&#8217;.  And he better stops saying that if he is the candidate, all democrats will come together, and support, oh no way, my vote will be only for Sen Rodham, if the Democrat Party goes to destruction, it was not because of her.  I am not loyal to a party that have treated Sen Rodham with such disdain!  She will be the &#8216;commander in chief&#8217;!  Let&#8217;s see if the Do..Do..Dah..Dah. Sen Barack can win without us, the ones loyal to Sen Clinton not to him, not to any party!</p>
<p>How come, he is in the senate, when a person with those &#8216;friends and marxist brain wash&#8217; could have been a &#8216;rejection letter&#8217; to him, if he had applied to be an FBI agent, after a tough background check&#8230;now again, how come, he is in politics?  Umm&#8230;</p>
<p>For those asking where all that money to support this do&#8230;do&#8230;da&#8230;da..dah&#8230; read the following:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/obam-f14.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/obam-f14.shtml</a></p>
<p>The two faces of Barack Obama</p>
<p>OBAMA&#8217;S MILLIONAIRES ENDORSERS</p>
<p>&#8220;To the extent that Obama’s rhetoric arouses popular expectations—and there are indications that it does—these will inevitably be dashed. In all probability, this will happen once the primary season is over and Obama is confronted by the Republican right as well as elements within the Democratic Party itself with the demand that he clarify his program. Should he capture the White House in November, he will head an administration committed to defending the interests of the American oligarchy both at home and abroad.</p>
<p>&#8220;Obama sat down at his computer to exchange emails with Robert Wolf, CEO of UBS America, one of his major Wall Street “bundlers,” responsible for bringing in millions in donations from fellow multi-millionaires to finance what Obama refers to as his “movement.”</p>
<p>&#8220;According to estimates made by the Center for Responsive Politics, 80 percent of the money raised by the Obama campaign last year came from donors affiliated with business, with Wall Street leading the pack. More than half of the money came in the form of donations totaling $2,300 or more.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Perhaps most significant was last month’s little reported endorsement of Obama by Paul Volcker, who was appointed Federal Reserve Board chairman by Democratic President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and remained in charge of the US central bank for nearly seven years under the right-wing Republican administration of Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>Volcker was responsible for inaugurating a high-interest-rate regime demanded by the dominant sections of finance capital in the name of the battle against inflation. His monetary policy was inextricably linked to the offensive against the working class begun with the firing of the air traffic controllers and the breaking of the PATCO strike and continued with the shutdown of large sections of basic industry and the unleashing of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The ultimate effect of these policies was a vast transfer of wealth from the mass of working people to a narrow financial elite, a process that has continued to this day.</p>
<p>In a statement announcing his backing for Obama, Volcker noted that he had previously avoided involvement in partisan politics. He said that he was moved to intervene now not “by the current turmoil in markets,” but because of “the breadth and depth of challenges that face our nation at home and abroad.” He added, “Those challenges demand a new leadership and a fresh approach.” Obama’s leadership, he concluded, would be able to “restore needed confidence in our vision, our strength and our purposes right around the world.”</p>
<p>Larry Kudlow, the right-wing pundit and former Reagan administration economic advisor, commented on the endorsement earlier this month, noting that he had once worked as a speechwriter for Volcker and describing him as “a great American&#8230; a classic conservative&#8230; a man of fiscal and monetary rectitude.”</p>
<p>Volcker, Kudlow wrote, “would not have made this endorsement on a whim. Believe me. He never gets involved in these kinds of political decisions.” He concluded by asking: “Is Volcker the new Robert Rubin [the Wall Street insider who directed the Clinton administration’s economic policy]? Is it possible that Mr. Volcker is somehow tutoring Obama? Is it possible that Obama is more financially conservative than originally believed?”</p>
<p>These are the real relations that are being forged behind the scenes as Obama delivers left phrases from the podium. Those like Volcker see the Illinois senator as a useful vehicle for effecting major changes aimed not at ameliorating the conditions of life for masses of working people, but rather at securing the global interests of American finance capital.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to Wolf, Obama stays in regular touch with Warren Buffett, the second-wealthiest individual in America, with a net worth of some $52 billion. Among his leading economic advisors is Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago professor and prominent advocate of free market policies.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Reverend Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210773</link>
		<dc:creator>Reverend Wrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True progressives like Hillary fight for everyone&#039;s rights. Posers like you-know-who use everyone for their own ambition and greed. Sad that their followers fail to see this. It is up to us to enlighten them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True progressives like Hillary fight for everyone&#8217;s rights. Posers like you-know-who use everyone for their own ambition and greed. Sad that their followers fail to see this. It is up to us to enlighten them.</p>
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		<title>By: Reverend Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210769</link>
		<dc:creator>Reverend Wrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sure there are many bricks that would take offense!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure there are many bricks that would take offense!</p>
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		<title>By: workingclass artist</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210723</link>
		<dc:creator>workingclass artist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Swiped my moniker....The truth hurts...Your candidate is headed for political oblivion...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Swiped my moniker&#8230;.The truth hurts&#8230;Your candidate is headed for political oblivion&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: workingclass artist</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210720</link>
		<dc:creator>workingclass artist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JKFRIZZZZZ....or somebody HIJACKED my moniker...Who knew Latin insults could hurt so much.....I guess I&#039;m honored....Public defacing...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JKFRIZZZZZ&#8230;.or somebody HIJACKED my moniker&#8230;Who knew Latin insults could hurt so much&#8230;..I guess I&#8217;m honored&#8230;.Public defacing&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210513</link>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not a single issue voter, and I&#039;m more interested in Obama promising change although he was absent in both Senate seats, his &#039;new politcs&#039; that are either old liberal cliches or Clinton retreads, and his promising to unite the country then insulting the red States with Wright and by calling their religion bitter. &#039;Change&#039;, &#039;hope&#039;, and &#039;yes we can&#039; are more shallow than Bush&#039;s &#039;compassionate conservatism&#039; and Nader&#039;s &#039;proportional representation&#039; put together.
The Clintons have already fixed the economy once, turned deficit into surplus, created a huge economic boom, and improved nearly every statistic in the book. And they are vastly knowledgeable on just about any issue you can think of. With the problems we face, we&#039;ll need them more than ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not a single issue voter, and I&#8217;m more interested in Obama promising change although he was absent in both Senate seats, his &#8216;new politcs&#8217; that are either old liberal cliches or Clinton retreads, and his promising to unite the country then insulting the red States with Wright and by calling their religion bitter. &#8216;Change&#8217;, &#8216;hope&#8217;, and &#8216;yes we can&#8217; are more shallow than Bush&#8217;s &#8216;compassionate conservatism&#8217; and Nader&#8217;s &#8216;proportional representation&#8217; put together.<br />
The Clintons have already fixed the economy once, turned deficit into surplus, created a huge economic boom, and improved nearly every statistic in the book. And they are vastly knowledgeable on just about any issue you can think of. With the problems we face, we&#8217;ll need them more than ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Uppity</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210331</link>
		<dc:creator>Uppity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not according to Donna they aren&#039;t. Apparently she doesn&#039;t need those rights so pfffffffft.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not according to Donna they aren&#8217;t. Apparently she doesn&#8217;t need those rights so pfffffffft.</p>
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		<title>By: AmyinSC</title>
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		<dc:creator>AmyinSC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Adrienne -

Well said(I have been writing the same thing over at my blog).  Obama is NO friend to the LGBT community.  Just today, I got a call from HRC asking for a donation.  I asked which candidate they were endorsing, and the woman said they hadn&#039;t decided yet.  Had I not been in a big hurry, I would have asked her just what was there to decide!!  There is only ONE person running who even comes close to deserving that endorsement, and it is Hillary.  She has CONSISTENTLY stood with the LGBT community.  And she will do what she says she will do, unlike Mr. Whatever Hillary Says I&#039;ll Say Even Though I Don&#039;t Really Believe It (but it is politically expedient for me to say it)!  

I, too, am extremely disturbed that ANY prominent LGBT people would support Obama.  Talk abt voting against your own self interests!

Thanks again for the great post!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adrienne -</p>
<p>Well said(I have been writing the same thing over at my blog).  Obama is NO friend to the LGBT community.  Just today, I got a call from HRC asking for a donation.  I asked which candidate they were endorsing, and the woman said they hadn&#8217;t decided yet.  Had I not been in a big hurry, I would have asked her just what was there to decide!!  There is only ONE person running who even comes close to deserving that endorsement, and it is Hillary.  She has CONSISTENTLY stood with the LGBT community.  And she will do what she says she will do, unlike Mr. Whatever Hillary Says I&#8217;ll Say Even Though I Don&#8217;t Really Believe It (but it is politically expedient for me to say it)!  </p>
<p>I, too, am extremely disturbed that ANY prominent LGBT people would support Obama.  Talk abt voting against your own self interests!</p>
<p>Thanks again for the great post!</p>
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		<title>By: DaleA</title>
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		<dc:creator>DaleA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent summary, very eloquently stated. Hope you will post this on a number of blogs, particularly MyDd. 

I all I can add is that apparently Obama has no prominent gay supporters in has campaign. And no known gay staffers. His circle seems even more queer free than Bush&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent summary, very eloquently stated. Hope you will post this on a number of blogs, particularly MyDd. </p>
<p>I all I can add is that apparently Obama has no prominent gay supporters in has campaign. And no known gay staffers. His circle seems even more queer free than Bush&#8217;s.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210276</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Passage, not &quot;passive.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Passage, not &#8220;passive.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh good lord, you have GOT to be kidding. Your evidence of strong progressive support for gays is a paragraph of a speech Wright gave?

Gee, that&#039;s mighty big of Rev. Wright.  And here I assumed you would only be able to come up with planned protests, pressure placed on Illinois legislators for passive of a Civil Unions bill, lame shit like that.  But a SPEECH supporting gays- wow, that&#039;s really something.  You got me there.

Because we all know that words speak more loudly than actions.  At least I think it goes something like that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh good lord, you have GOT to be kidding. Your evidence of strong progressive support for gays is a paragraph of a speech Wright gave?</p>
<p>Gee, that&#8217;s mighty big of Rev. Wright.  And here I assumed you would only be able to come up with planned protests, pressure placed on Illinois legislators for passive of a Civil Unions bill, lame shit like that.  But a SPEECH supporting gays- wow, that&#8217;s really something.  You got me there.</p>
<p>Because we all know that words speak more loudly than actions.  At least I think it goes something like that.</p>
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		<title>By: Reverend  Wrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reverend  Wrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;According to Lynsen, “He [Dean] acknowledged a proposal by gay DNC member Garry Shay of California to add gays to the party’s affirmative action guidelines for selecting convention delegates triggered a contentious internal debate. Dean said some influential individuals within the DNC Black Caucus such as Donna Brazile opposed the plan because it was seen as ‘an affront to the civil rights movement.’”&lt;/blockquote&gt;

LGBT human rights are not civil rights?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>According to Lynsen, “He [Dean] acknowledged a proposal by gay DNC member Garry Shay of California to add gays to the party’s affirmative action guidelines for selecting convention delegates triggered a contentious internal debate. Dean said some influential individuals within the DNC Black Caucus such as Donna Brazile opposed the plan because it was seen as ‘an affront to the civil rights movement.’”</p></blockquote>
<p>LGBT human rights are not civil rights?</p>
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		<title>By: Eurogirl70</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2308/open-letter-to-all-lgbt-community-members-and-supporters/#comment-210237</link>
		<dc:creator>Eurogirl70</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One thing I will say is that in most European countries, gay, lesbian, and straight couples are required by law to have a civil union. The marriage union is something strictly separate and has no legal status. It is the civil union which provides the couple with legal status and benefits under the law. Personally, I think that the govt. should get out of the marriage business as it has by its&#039; very nature a religious base to it.  Speaking as a lesbian I don&#039;t care about whether I am married or not. What I do care about is equal status under the law. I don&#039;t think that marriage, with its&#039; religious undertones, has provided many a woman with that status over the ages. I simply want my partner and I to have equal status under the law. I frankly like the way they are now doing it in France and Germany. In fact in France, which allows gay and lesbian couples to have equal legal status thru civil unions, many heterosexual couples in France are completely forgoing marriage and instead entering into strictly civil unions;because of their easy nature to create and dissolve.  In Germany however, civil unions are required by all couples, and marriage by priest, rabbi, etc... is something outside the realm of the state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing I will say is that in most European countries, gay, lesbian, and straight couples are required by law to have a civil union. The marriage union is something strictly separate and has no legal status. It is the civil union which provides the couple with legal status and benefits under the law. Personally, I think that the govt. should get out of the marriage business as it has by its&#8217; very nature a religious base to it.  Speaking as a lesbian I don&#8217;t care about whether I am married or not. What I do care about is equal status under the law. I don&#8217;t think that marriage, with its&#8217; religious undertones, has provided many a woman with that status over the ages. I simply want my partner and I to have equal status under the law. I frankly like the way they are now doing it in France and Germany. In fact in France, which allows gay and lesbian couples to have equal legal status thru civil unions, many heterosexual couples in France are completely forgoing marriage and instead entering into strictly civil unions;because of their easy nature to create and dissolve.  In Germany however, civil unions are required by all couples, and marriage by priest, rabbi, etc&#8230; is something outside the realm of the state.</p>
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