Sadly, I Want Him To Be My Senator

Al Franken is a great Senator. To say that should make me ill, but he is the LGBT's strongest ally in the Senate.

Said Franken: "Our nation's civil rights laws protect our children from bullying due to race, sex, religion, disability and national origin. My proposal corrects a glaring injustice and extends these protections to our gay and lesbian students who need them just as badly."

Despite the Obama Administration's push to ignore the problem, Congress will likely repeal DODT in the next two weeks through the defense appropriation bill. Only 70% of Americans are for the repeal of this bigotry, so it will be a controversial slog.

The gays are howling for the change that the President campaigned on. And by the gays, I don't mean our primary political institution, the HRC. I don't give money to that compromised organization of political apologists for a reason: there is no LGBT position that they won't compromise for a social invite.

We win when we convince enough of our straight allies (gay-adjacents) to put pressure on their families and friends. Not when we give money and credence to an organization that persists in sucking up to the (Democratic) powers-that-be and then apologizing for their lack of progress. And it looks like we will win through organized fits of indignity, as progressives join with socially-liberal conservatives to repeal disgusting, religious-based bigotry and unite to promote equal rights for all.