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To: tejek who wrote (520150)	10/12/2009 7:49:53 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

How do you know he was struggling with his sexuality?

To: tejek who wrote (520150)	10/12/2009 8:00:59 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1574439

Does White House See Gays as "Left Fringe?" WH dismisses gay protestors as "internet left fringe" but backs down when gays fly into a huff. IOW thats what they think but they'll try not to be quoted saying it again. BTW they were right. Posted by Brian Montopoli (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Updated 4:40 p.m. ET Despite not yet having fulfilled his campaign promises to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gays from serving openly in the military or the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, President Obama spoke to a largely supportive audience at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, the gay civil rights advocacy group, on Saturday night. But at a march for equality the next day organized by a younger generation critical of the HRC and other established gay rights organizations, gay activists signaled that their patience with the president has grown thin. Not long after the march ended, NBC News' John Harwood reported that the White House is not terribly bothered about the criticism coming from gay rights groups. Citing an Obama administration adviser, Harwood said because the president is "doing well with 90 percent or more of Democrats," the White House "views this opposition as really part of the Internet left fringe." Harwood added that the White House believes that its opposition from the left, including bloggers, "need to take off the pajamas, get dressed, and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult." The report inflamed bloggers and once again spotlighted the tension between the march organizers, who railed against "incrementalism" in the equal rights movement, and the establishment HRC, where the president was hailed Saturday as the best friend gays have ever had in the White House. "So the gay community, and its concerns about President Obama's inaction, and backtracking, on DADT and DOMA, are now, according to President Obama's White House, part of a larger 'fringe' that acts like small children who play in their pajamas and need to grow up…" wrote gay activist John Aravosis on Americablog. "I wonder how the Human Rights Campaign is going to explain how the White House just knifed our community less than 24 hours after he went to their dinner and claimed he was our friend." On Monday afternoon, the White House disavowed the report, saying the administration does not see gay critics are part of an "Internet left fringe." .... cbsnews.com