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Unmotivated to shovel another cent into the Democratic National Committee’s money pit, Americablog founders John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay want Democrats to withhold their donations until gay rights improve.
The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Give” campaign, organized by Americablog.com, also singles out Organizing for America and the Obama administration itself for giving LGBT Americans lip service about their civil rights.
“A year ago, the LGBT community, our families, friends and allies across the country were elated by the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. We poured our hearts and wallets out to elect a Democratic president and Congress,” the pledge reads. “Over the past year our joy has turned to frustration as President Obama and the Democratic Party have moved away from their campaign commitments to gay and lesbian Americans.”
Cosponsored by activists Dan Savage, Michelangelo Signorile and David Mixner – among others – the pledge at Gay.Americablog.com features a 25-point list comparing candidate Obama’s “fierce” advocacy for gay rights to his relative inaction.
Besides his administration’s mismanagement of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the Defense of Marriage Act, the list also takes Obama to task for his refusal to reestablish the White House Office of LGBT Outreach and implying he will not repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” until the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are over.