Why In the Hell Should Obama Appoint Someone Just Because They're Gay?

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He should do it because 33% of gay youths attempt suicide.
http://gaylife.about.com/od/gayteens/a/gaysuicide.htm

He should do it because about 40% of homeless youths are gay.
http://gayteens.about.com/od/safetytips/a/homeless.htm

He should do it because two thugs thought it was perfectly acceptable to murder this young man.

http://www.matthewshepard.org/site/PageServer

And this not so young one.
http://nathanr.ca/queer-related/police-say-detroit-gay-man-not-fatally-beaten-after-all/

He should do it because we need role models in the GLBT community just as much as anyone else does.

He should do it for every kid who's questioning who he is and where his life will take him.

He should do it for all of us who know what its like to be rejected or ignored because of who we are.

He should do it because it's the right thing to do in an age where so many are beating us down.

He should do it because we need that hope he told us about.

And he should do it because just maybe along the way he'll find that we can do the job just as well as anyone else.