WSJ: President Barack Obama named Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, an Army veteran who campaigned to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, to the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy on Tuesday, putting the first openly gay or lesbian person onto the board that advises him on West Point.
Ms. Fulton, 52 years old, is the executive director and co-founder of Knights Out, an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered West Point graduates and allies….
Ms. Fulton says she became politically active for the first time in years after Mr. Obama took office, as she campaigned for an end to the military policy that has banned openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the military. She said in an interview Tuesday that she hopes her appointment will send a message to young people who are considering military service.
“I would hope it would symbolize to all people gay and straight that anti-gay bias in the military is a thing of the past. I would hope it would tell them that if you’re willing to serve your country and you’re qualified, other factors don’t matter,” she said. “I see my role as in some sense helping West point send that message – that we respect all people equally. That’s part of our values, that’s part of our code.”
….She said she foresees no problem implementing the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” at West Point, where she said she has many informal allies. “I believe they are proceeding in good faith to implement repeal, and I foresee very few if any problems with repeal in West Point.”
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Thank you Loriah
The Obama Diary 
a matter of time before Dan Choi calls the President an homophobe 🙄
Who? Choi has made a straight fool of himself with his antics, so when I see a reference to him somewhere, I respond with, “Who?” because that’s just how I feel about him: he is a non-essential entity, a rw tool, and a self-aggrandizing mouthpiece. Nothing he’s said about PBO has been true.
and cue Rachel Maddow to once again bash the President for not doing enough for lesbians and gays 🙄
And both of them can go straight to you know where too.
Don’t forget John Aravosis
Policy shift in presidential condolence letters
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/05/eveningnews/main20077012.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE
I heard about this. Our President is a person with a caring heart.
Yeah, let them vote in a Republican President and see what will happen to all those positive changes! There really isn’t any moderate Republican, because once they are in office, the crazies takes cover by force, and everything will be history.
What I don’t get are those who say that President Obama is a Republican, yet the Republicans are the ones who have openly called for him to fail… yeah, the Republicans would want one of their fellow men to fail 🙄
And let’s not forget all of the legislation that Obama fought hard for and only became reality with him in office: DADT repeal, ACA, Lilly Ledbetter Act, new START treaty, and a massive drawdown of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’d like these liberal loudmouths to name any other President who accomplished such feats in such a short timespan, and not the whole “FDR FDR LBJ LBJ” spiel either.
Maybe what they want is what is described in this post at the Daily Beast, Blue. According to the post, the white supremacists withdrew from their tea party activism into the shadows to provide cover for the tea parties to carry out their agenda, which, imo, has the same goals: make PBO a one term president and concentrate the political and financial power of the country into the hands of a few wealthy white corporatists. White supremacists are running for office at all levels of government in increasing numbers since 2008.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/04/white-supremacists-running-for-political-office-in-2012-in-growing-numbers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+thedailybeast/articles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
Heard about this on twitter last night. Great job Mr. President. Everyday he fights so that all citizens from all walks of life live in a better America and a better world.