I hate to say it, but President Obama rode my people to victory and then tossed us aside once he got into office. I remember the Democratic Primary when Obama's campaign website touted equal rights for LGBTQI people as one of its top priorities. He spoke avidly against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and against Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) as unamerican and even promised he would repeal DOMA.

Well the first suit to be filed in Federal courts by a married gay couple from California asking for its marriage to be recognized by other states who have constitutional amendments prohibiting or outlawing same-sex marriage - a direct challenge against DOMA - has been dismissed by the Obama administration. So much for standing behind your campaign promises.

Then again, perhaps this is another crafty political move by Obama. He is known for making deals that appear to screw over his supporters and then turn around and get us exactly what we want in the end. Perhaps the lawsuit was just not properly phrased or challenged the wrong laws and wouldn't stand up in court - or might even set judicial precedent that would end up harming us in the long run? Or, perhaps he's promising to avoid repealing DOMA in exchange for Republican support to pass his Health Care plan? Who knows? But in the mean time, score one for bashing the gays yet another time.

Then there's Don't Ask, Don't Tell - the ridiculous military policy that was Bill Clinton's darkest moment in the white house (if you ask me). You can be gay in the military, just don't tell anyone you're gay and while we're not SUPPOSED to ask you if you're gay, if we happen to find out we'll kick your ass out anyway. How does that make any sense? Well it's the law in the military, and thanks to it, we've lost dozens of Arabic translators who would have been critical in dealing with terrorism.

Then there's Lt. Dan Choi - a gay  arabic translator who was recently dismissed under DADT. Pleads and demonstrations across our country to prevent his dismissal fell on our President's deaf ears. Score one for securing the homeland right? Because apparently gays are a greater threat to national security than arabic-speaking terrorists.

Then again if you ask Republican State Representative Sally Kern, she would say:

"Studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it’s the death knell of this country. I honestly think it’s the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat… If you got cancer or something in your little toe, do you say, well, you know, I’m just going to forget about it because the rest of me is fine? It spreads. OK? And this stuff is deadly, and it’s spreading, and it will destroy our young people, it will destroy this nation.”

If you ask me, ridiculous public policy and laws crafted on old Jewish faery tales are the biggest threat to our country. They spread hate, discrimination, and fear. They craft apartheid political structures and repress good, tax-paying citizens because they don't love according to the rules of the majority.

Obama, shame on you, and shame on your caving to the whims of the majority. Stop trying to be a "make everyone happy" centrist because in the process you're just pissing everyone off.

Oh, and if he manages to botch the National Health Care plan, I'll be writing a nice long article on that one too.