I posted this as an update to a post about the furor over the DOMA brief yesterday, but it's significant enough that the former head (during the campaign) of the Obama LGBT Leadership Council Stampp Corbin pulled out of the Democratic LGBT Fundraiser yesterday. He writes on his blog:
"Someone get me a Prozac. I ask, 'Mr. President how can you argue for the legality of DOMA, when you are for its repeal?' You really are talking out of both sides of your mouth and my community knows it...Unfortunately, I will see everything that the Obama administration
does for LGBT Americans through the lens of the DOMA brief. Meaning, I
will be waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop, while praying
President Obama delivers on his promises...Mr. President, your DOMA mistake awakened a sleeping giant. He is mad
as hell and is not going to take it anymore. You better get LGBT
affirming legislation moving quickly or the coffers of the LGBT
community will be slammed shut on the fingers of your administration
and the DNC. You and the DNC may find themselves asking about our
donations 'if not now, when' as we have been asking about our rights
for the last few months."
Corbin's position is a distinct change of heart from the one he took a week ago right after the brief came out when debating Dan Savage on CNN. That video, AFTER THE JUMP...
