Point being?  IRAN ISN'T WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.  Sure Obama is better than McCain and Hillary in some respects.  But don't you dare try to distract from his bigoted DOMA brief with other issues.  This is the issue.  It will never be resolved if we take the Obama approach ("hey, well, healthcare...")

DOMA was a long time ago...before gay marriage was legal anywhere.  If your standards are the 90s, good for you.  But he has chosen to crap upon the gay community.  He owns it.  And until he makes significant measures to do just that, the stink is still upon him.

The Advocate has obtained a draft of a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to employees of the State Department that details her intentions to extend certain benefits to same-sex partners of foreign service officers posted abroad.

"Historically, domestic partners of Foreign Service members have not been provided the same training, benefits, allowances, and protections that other family members receive. These inequities are unfair and must end. Providing training, medical care, and other benefits to domestic partners promote the cohesiveness, safety, and effectiveness of our posts abroad," says the letter.

The letter explains that the department will be "exercising its inherent authority to change its regulations in the Foreign Affairs Manual and Department of State Standardized Regulations" in order to allow domestic partners of foreign service personnel to qualify as family members. "Where appropriate, this extension of benefits and allowances will apply to the children of domestic partners as well."

Providing these benefits to all employees, notes the letter, will help the department "attract and retain personnel in a competitive environment where domestic partner benefits and allowances are increasingly the norm for world-class employers. At bottom, the Department will provide these benefits for both opposite-sex and same-sex domestic partners because it is the right thing to do."

The letter appears to be the culmination of Secretary Clinton's work with LGBT employee groups at the State Department. A source familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the letter was drafted by senior officials at the department and represents the secretary's thinking on the issue. The letter currently awaits final approval from senior government lawyers.


The draft is consistent with statements made this week by California congressman Howard Berman that Secretary Clinton is committed to equalizing the treatment of gay employees of the State Department and that he anticipated an announcement on the matter soon.

Are you kidding me?

Everyone who understands and cares for human rights should be up in arms about it, not just the gay community. And his contradictory actions should not be white-washed.

Huffington is against it.

Aravosis is against it.

All were very much supporters of Obama, and very much Clinton haters.

You must have them confused with one of their affiliates - www.BizzaroKos.com.

But not enough, apparently, that he thinks gays shouldn't give money:

Frank said he understands the rage but vowed that the fund-raiser - one of the gay community's biggest of the year - will go on.

"There are a lot of people who aren't boycotting," he said. "I think it's a mistake to deny money to the DNC."