Obama to Gay Community: “I’m a Friend”

I’m afraid that Obama’s LGBT supporters — some of whom worked his campaign with the sweat of their brow and/or their pocketbooks — aren’t going to just sit down and take the fishbone of saying he’s “working on” repealing DOMA. Fulfilling campaign promises to his LGBT supporters would be, at the very least, a presidential push for the establishment of civil unions at the Federal level, if the term “marriage” is too racy for the president. Why is the *Federal* nuance so important? Because it’s the only way that same sex couples will ever really be able to have (almost) equal rights under the law, including the right to immigration and family reunification.