You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Obama to Speak Before Leading Gay Rights Organization

HeadlineOct 06, 2009

The nation’s leading gay rights organization, Human Rights Campaign, has announced President Barack Obama will address the group this weekend at a fundraising dinner gala. Obama has been criticized by many gay rights groups for being slow to implement his campaign pledge to end the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Many gay rights advocates also expressed dismay when the Obama Justice Department defended the Defense of Marriage Act.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top