A Lovely Obama Speech

Andrew Sullivan goes ballistic on Obama about gays:

In some ways, Obama's fealty
to the big gay lobby rather than to the real gay community is testimony to
why Democratic party politics remain repulsive to me. HRC has achieved nothing
substantive for gay equality on a federal level in the twenty years I've been
observing them. But they sure know how to milk donors at swanky black tie
affairs. They are the Rotary Club for affluent gays, and their prime job is to
explain to the gay community why it is never in the Democratic party's interest
to do anything for gay people that might actually resemble equality. Oh, yes,
we'll get a lovely Obama speech. Like that costs him anything or proves
anything.

If Obama wants to support gay equality, he knows what to do. If Pelosi and
Reid want to support gay equality, they know what to do. If HRC believes in gay
equality, they also know what to do.

So spare us the schmoozing and the sweet-talking and do it. Until then,
Mr president, why don't you have a nice steaming cup of shut-the-f***-up?