Your thoughts? Does be not care or is he just not moving fast enough to satisfy us?
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Savage: Obama Denies Gays 'Gold Standard' Rights
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Morning Edition, June 25, 2009 · When President Obama was elected last November, many groups that supported him expected to see some great return on their investment.
Among the eager constituencies were gay rights advocates, including columnist Dan Savage.
But five months after the inauguration, Savage tells NPR's David Greene that "President Obama should be very angry with candidate Obama."
The reason?
"Our expectations have not been met," Savage says. "Who raised our expectations? Candidate Obama."
Savage says that "the most important marriage rights out there are federal rights — Social Security, survivor benefits, pensions" — all of which are denied same-sex couple survivors under DOMA. Domestic partner rights aren't enough because they aren't always upheld.
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