Some quotes from President Obama:

I’m running for President to build an America that lives up to our founding promise of equality for all ‐ a promise that extends to our gay brothers and sisters. It’s wrong to have millions of Americans living as second‐class citizens in this nation. And I ask for your support in this election so that together we can bring about real change for all LGBT Americans.

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As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat
same‐sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws.

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I support the complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA). Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and
lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does. I have also called for us to
repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and I have worked to improve the Uniting
American Families Act so we can afford same‐sex couples the same rights and
obligations as married couples in our immigration system.

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The next president must also address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. When it
comes to prevention, we do not have to choose between values and science.
While abstinence education should be part of any strategy, we also need to use
common sense.

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We also need a president who’s willing to confront the stigma ‐ too often
tied to homophobia ‐ that continues to surround HIV/AIDS.

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I will never compromise on my commitment to equal rights for all LGBT
Americans. But neither will I close my ears to the voices of those who still need
to be convinced. That is the work we must do to move forward together.

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Americans are yearning for leadership that can empower us to reach for
what we know is possible. I believe that we can achieve the goal of full equality
for the millions of LGBT people in this country. To do that, we need leadership
that can appeal to the best parts of the human spirit. Join with me, and I will
provide that leadership. Together, we will achieve real equality for all
Americans, gay and straight alike.

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Tonight President Obama will be signing some sort of proclimation re: same sex benefits…No one is certain what it is, so we will wait in see.  Perhaps he will act as he said he would.  I’m hopeful.  I’m also a realist.  I think this will be a lot of wagging the dog…We’ll see.

I’ve taken to my blog to talk about how I feel about things, and I like that I can do that. I’ve tried to not be to political here, because for me I get very passionate about what I believe. I take it as a personal affront that others disagree with me when discussing politics. That’s my cross to bare. Over the past months as I’ve discussed Obama’s stance on gays, I’m often ignored, or people look at me and nod their heads and think that I’m mildly crazy.

I’m aware that a previous post in which I stated “Obama hates fags” was likely to turn some people off. As it should. Here’s the deal though, we need to read between the lines. If a man is willing to lie, or at least give half truths, is he really going to bring the change he has promised? I hope so. For you. For me, he has already failed.

He spoke of hope and he has given me none.  He writes of audacity and he has shown me none. Perhaps people will hear me speak and will actually hear me.  The man running for office made some very big statements about gays and his support.  He’s failed us, and I’m afraid that it’s the beginning of the end for our cause.

Read this great opinion piece:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/opinion/16tue1.html

If you don’t want to read the article let me recap it for you.  The Obama administration prepared a friend of the court brief in support of the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA. Which as a candidate, Obama stated that he would overturn.

The argument that is often used when this subject comes up is that the President has other things to contend with — two wars, a financial crisis, hostage situations abroad, etc.  This is the first time that I have read what I’ve been trying to articulate.  It’s the last paragraph of this piece:

“The administration has had its hands full with the financial crisis, health care, Guantánamo Bay and other pressing matters. In times like these, issues like repealing the marriage act can seem like a distraction — or a political liability. But busy calendars and political expediency are no excuse for making one group of Americans wait any longer for equal rights.”

Here here!

This video is just to cute to NOT share. I mean seriously — look how cute these little guys are!

Speaking of cute, we just checked into a very swanky Toronto hotel this past weekend. By swanky I mean — Le Meridian swanky, something just below the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton. The women, who made us wait while she chatted on the phone to check us in, had the audacity to tell us that Olivia was so ugly she’s cute. I just looked at this women and thought WTF???? Sadly, as untrue as her statement is, I do wish the same could be said for her…

So I’m kind of wondering why all these folks are surprised that Obama hasn’t spoken up about Prop8 Supreme Court decision in California, or his resistance to keep his promise about DOMA and DADT…I mean really?  Here’s a newsflash — HE HATES FAGS!

I’m also shocked that these zealot Christians are so outraged over Obama.  He’s one of them.  He’s much more one of them, then say McCain.  Come on, if McCain had his way he would have had an independent Jew as a running mate.  Now that’s progress!

So, to all those who are standing mouths open wondering —- WTF Mr. President?, wonder no more.  He hates you! He used you to get votes, and now that he doesn’t need them he has forsaken you.  Et tu, Brute?

Good luck with that…The irony and the rub…Who do you really think is behind Secretary Clinton’s move at the state department to offer same sex/partner benefits to its employees and its members serving abroad?  Well it comes from the Secretary herself…

There you have it folks…Before I get the hate mail…I’m sure Obama doesn’t really hate fags…Truth be told, my money is on Michelle to hate the fags…I digress…

The phenomenon that is American Idol has always amazed me!  I’ve never really cared for it, and after Chris Daughtry was kicked off Joe and I stopped watching.  It has the same quality that watching a car accident has.  You really don’t want to look, but you can’t help it.  You can’t look away. So we’ve always just tuned in for the last few years.

The few times I had seen the show, or seen clips online, I was always impressed by Adam Lambert.  He seemed to be a real rock star or at the very least a “real” American Idol.  The kid that won was just sort of blah.

It’s like the year that Taylor Hicks won.  At least this kid is “current,” I ‘ll give him that!  The thing that upsets me the most about the whole thing is — I think people voted against Lambert because of who he is.  That’s a pretty sad statement to make.  In 2009 there were people that campaigned to vote against Lambert because of he’s a big ‘Mo!

I have one final thing to say to all these people — get the f&*K over it!  Why do people care who Lambert sleeps with?  I just will never understand…It goes back to the question of same-sex marriage.  Why do people care?  It doesn’t affect them.  The only way it would is if they themselves are big Homos.

I was super lucky this winter and was able to get an amazing intern! Dan-The-Man, a student at Ithaca College, continually impresses me. When I interviewed him I wasn’t sure how he would do. He kept following up, and was really persistent (in a non irritating way), so I brought him on board, and I’ve been happy ever sense.

He’s a super smart kid, an unbelieveably hard worker, and follows through! This is his last week with me, so I took him out to lunch today. This kid ordered the Pine Burger Challenge at the Pines. That’s four large burgers on a French Bread roll. Now, I’m pretty sure I could do it no problem, but I’m a fat kid! Dan is like 6′2″ and 130. He finished in under a half hour!!!!

Dan is definitely the man!

I spent the morning at Robert Tremain State Park for an interview for work! It’s gorgeous here today. After a long winter this warm spell is well deserved! Enjoy the weather and be safe…

I’ve got some bad news…The Kepner Cornea can’t be saved! It seems as if I will be going under the knife.

The surgery doesn’t scare me, but having a deceased persons cornea replace mine scares me a bit. I’m thankful that someone made that sacrifice to help people like me, but it still freaks me out.

The silver lining — no more glasses. What was I thinking? I look like Lisa Loeb!

This past weekend marked the beginning of my seventh year with Joe.  It absolutely doesn’t seem possible that we’ve been together for this long, but we have.  It’s crazy at how fast time goes by.

It seems like  our first date was yesterday.  I remember there was  this week long build up to the big date.  We started chatting Sunday, April 13th in the afternoon.  We are one of those rare stories of a couple who actually met online.  It was very interesting.  Normally, online meets are really just hook-ups.  One never expects it to stick.  Poor Joe, he didn’t know what hit him.  He didn’t even have a chance to escape…

It’s funny to me to think back at how I lost my mind over this first date.  Jeez, it was crazy.  I was in sales at the time– so I was on the road a lot, and  I was able to stop at the mall to get a new outfit or five for the main event.  When Friday finally arrived it just dragged, like it was the never-ending day.  I flew out of the office, went to my buddy’s and got freshened up, and headed out to meet him…

I, as usual arrived early.   I sat at the bar, and waited.  As each person stepped through the curtain into the restaurant, I would turn my head and stare.  Meeting someone from just a random picture on the internet is never easy.  You never know if it was a real picture, a picture from 10 years ago, or what.  FYI–The picture Joe sent me was priceless.  It was from a visit he had made to his friend in Oregon, and he was wearing denim shorts and he just kind of looked like a hot mess.  He was leaning angainst a tree with his arms behind his head.  In a word — Glamourshot! That said— I was able to see beneath that, and have molded him into the fashionista he is today.  The world has me to thank for his embrace of “fancy” jeans!

Finally — Joe walks in!  I new instantly that I was in love.  I can’t explain it.  I just knew that we were meant to be together.  He was the first person that I was absolutely at ease with.  We had a drink or two, an appetizer or two, and went back to his house to “hang” out.  I think this was the Friday before Easter and after a brief stop at Tops, we got to his house.  We walked in and he surprised me with a basket filled with my favorite things…Peanut Butter Eggs and Peeps!

I was alone until I met Joe.  I had been in other relationships, I am really lucky to have a big family, an amazing group of close friends—yet I was alone.   The moment I met him – I knew that I wasn’t alone anymore.  I really knew that I had become a we.

After that first date, we did take it slowish…We saw each other every weekend.  Unlike other ‘Mo’s we didn’t move in with eachother until we hit the two year mark.  We’ve had like two “fights” (and to be fair I wouldn’t call them that — they were resovled in under an hour).  Our life together is the best thing about who we are.  We balance eachother so well.  It is an us and we and so not an I.  When we got Olivia is when we become a real family.  She may only be a dog, but she is our best collaboration.

On the sixth anniversary of the day we met, I’m the happiest I have ever been.  My life is full.  His better be too….