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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald never passes up an opportunity to take a crack at Pres. Obama [View all]Occulus
(20,599 posts)I don't.
I think Obama, regarding GLBT issues, has done for purely political reasons what religion "informed" homophobes do when they don't want to ruin the family reunion. He's kept the peace, but he's made it very, very clear he's not at all gay-friendly, despite his actions. Actions may speak louder than words, but when they disagree and the actions are favorable to me and mine, distrust is sown. Deeply.
I see in Obama the exact same attitude and behavior I've seen in my own mother.
That does not inspire trust. In fact, it inspires very deep misgivings and very deep mistrust in me, and I know I am not the only one who feels that way.
Let me put it this way: I would much rather Obama were honest in words and actions, and consistent with those, than to see him say one thing, do another, "change", "evolve", and whatever else. I don't know if, regarding gay rights, he is a friend, an enemy, a friend who says he's an enemy, an enemy who says he's a friend, simply a politician who takes the most expedient route, or something in between. I will not ever really trust anything he does for us GLBTs as being the act of a genuine supporter of the cause and principle of equal rights for all sexual orientations. The sum of all his actions on that score, as well as everything he has ever said, lead me to that, and it is unalterable as far as I'm concerned.
There is, in the most literal sense possible, nothing supportive he can do to change my mind. No legislative, judicial, or executive act of support led by him will ever be able to change my mind about that, no matter how grand and generous. That ship sailed in the first five minutes of his inauguration to his first term, because I listened to him when he told me the first time, as Maya Angelou advised... and that day was it.