a new generation of fierce advocates

Maybe there's a reason to be happy about the Obama Administration's disgusting betrayal of the LGBT community in this week's despicable DOMA brief.

(Info, analysis and reactions here, here, here, here and here.)

This is another wake up call, even bigger than November's.  When Prop 8 passed, gays, lesbians and allies took to the streets in peaceful protest - but the enemy was ignorance, the power and money of right wing and religious organizations, and our own failure to make our case to the California electorate.  It energized us, and in the months since, we have seen tremendous legislative and legal victories, and now six states guarantee our marriage rights.  

Let this be a lesson.  Obama will NOT protect us; he will not deliver on his promises to treat us with respect, and he and his administration have sent out a clear signal that they do not value our dignity as human beings and as American citizens.  

If it's fierce advocacy that we seek, we must turn to ourselves.  We must do the work.  It will never again be enough to cast a vote, to buy a button, or to write a campaign check.  We are the ones we've been waiting for.