Monday, January 25, 2010

Today's Show: Obama's "Second Class Citzens"

4:30pm EST - Last October, once again, President Obama promised he would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and during his presidential campaign, he expressed, "America is ready to get rid of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Yet there is no indication things are moving along. That is the case on a number of LGBT issues, and it has had Richard Socarides, special assistant to President Bill Clinton and senior White House adviser on gay rights from 1997 to 1999, criticizing Obama throughout 2009. Writing once again on "don't ask, Don't Tell" specifically, he says Obama treats gays like "second class citizens in today's Wall Street Journal: Ask Obama About Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gay voters are growing impatient for equality. He'll join us to discuss it.

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