I have to say this, we gays made what happened during this administration for gays possible [View All]

I have to admit I get pretty tired of hearing about "Obama has done more for gays than any President". The fact is in the 16 years between 1993 and 2009 gays did a whole bunch to change the attitude of the country toward gays. To site just one example, though I could site several. In 1993 there were seven laws that prohibited anti gay discrimination in employment with only California and New Jersey being among our largest states. By 2009, it was at 20 states with such large ones as New York and Illinois joining the mix.

Gays have worked long and hard to radically change the climate of this country in the last 16 years. One would hope that Obama did a whole lot more than Clinton did since each thing done was easier. A fair contrast is Truman, elected in 1948 and Johnson elected in 1964. Frankly Johnson vs Truman is a whole lot more amazing that Obama vs Clinton. I am not saying that Obama won't do great things for gays but I do feel that anything not done by this year's election won't be done at all. Obama has been down right tone deaf to gay concerns for much of his presidency. His accomplishments haven't been all that tremendous and have come at least as much do to gay efforts as his.

We worked our asses off to make this happen. Often at great personal risk. You insult us when you compare Clinton to Obama without taking into account the immense difference in atmosphere that we worked to create. And yes, it pisses us off.