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Obama is standing up for us first by acknowledging that we exist
as opposed to other politicians who either hope the "gay issue" will go away quietly, lest it upset their campaign, or bash the hell out of us in order to rile up their base.
I can't tell you how heartening it was to see a presidential candidate embrace both gay and straight members of our society in his speech on Tuesday. For the past eight years the open support of gay and lesbian Americans by our politicians has been a deafening silence. We've allowed the issue to be dominated by hatemongers and heterosexists. Obama might not be going as full throttle on the issue as some of us the community might like, but his acknowledgment of us seems to be a step in the right direction.