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After so many complains about the ridiculous position the White House defended concerning the DOMA, Barack Obama decided to begin making things happen:
“President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House official said Tuesday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the president hadn’t yet signed the presidential memorandum.
The official said Obama would release more details on Wednesday.”
[Source: Associated Press/Yahoo News (click here to read the full article)]
Not yet what we expect, but definetely a good beginning. Hoping this will not stop there.
“Remember when Emma Goldman said, “if there is no dancing at the revolution I’m not coming”? Well, tonight we have both. Thanks to Betty, thanks to Heart, and thanks to all of you we have the revolution. And tonight we are gonna need it. Because there’s a guy in the White House who represents all those religious extremists, that people came to this country to escape. But, that’s because there is a backlash against all the great social justice movements, and if we hadn’t had a front lash we wouldn’t now be having a backlash. So we keep going, and do it more and better. We’re not only going to vote, but reform the way we vote. We’re going to contribute not only when we’re asked, but every time we pay our bills. We’re not only going to change women to fit the world, but the change the world to fit women. And we’re going to become the change we want to see in the world. So, first tonight then the world.”
Gloria Steinem, The L Word (Season 2, episode 13: Lacuna)
So today I got this new follower on Twitter: Convert Obama. Feh. Yeah, I thought: “That’s funny!” and went to their webpage (sorry, I don’t wanna publish their link, so please Google it if you wish) to check out what their proposal was. At first, I really thought it would be some humor. Then I read their ‘mission’:
“It’s not about partisan politics, party affiliations, or attention. Our mission is simple: for the church militant, to unite in prayer and sacrifice, offering up sufferings, prayers, and supplications for the conversion of Barack Obama, an end to abortion in his policies and plans, and an end to abortion in our country.“
Yeah. Right. You know what? You, christian people, should STOP THIS SHIT ALREADY! Enough! For God’s sake! How come someone can be so selfish?! What do you know about other people’s lives?!
A couple of months ago, there was this horrendous case in Brazil about a 9 year old girl who was continuously raped by her stepfather and got pregnant. The reasonable thing to do, everyfuckingone knows, was to get an abortion. Read the rest of this entry »
