BREAKING: GetEqual protesting Obama high-$$$ fundraiser in Miami; sending weather balloons over NBA

[kpete]

“DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” ACTIVISTS CONFRONT PRESIDENT OBAMA BY AIR, LAND, AND SEA AT NBA STAR'S FUNDRAISER IN MIAMI
GetEQUAL, along with a group of Florida and national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender activists, surround Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning’s house demanding President sign Executive Order Stopping Discharges

MIAMI, FL (October 11th, 2010)– Earlier Monday evening from 5:00 pm until 6:30 pm (ET), GetEQUAL, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and other Floridian activists, unleashed a barrage of protests by air, land, and sea targeting President Obama for his failure to sign an executive order barring gay and lesbian servicemembers from being discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law.

President Obama attended a star-studded Democratic Party fundraiser at NBA star Alonzo Mourning’s bayfront estate. During the hour and a half President Obama was at Alonzo's home for this big-money, Democratic Party fundraiser, LGBT activists confronted him at every turn, demanding he finally show some leadership and stop the discharges of openly gay and lesbian servicemembers by signing an executive order. Video and photos from today’s action will be released shortly and will be available at: www.getequal.org and www.youtube.com/getequal.

more:
http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/breaking-getequal-protesting-obama-high.html

[TriMera]

1. Those folks at GetEqual

sure know how to apply the pressure.:fistbump:

[Prism]

2. While the president begs for cash, we beg for civil rights

That says it all.

I heart GetEqual. It's well past time to get in this President's face. He had his opportunity. He has shown us just how little he intends to care or do.

Now, he needs to see us and hear us until the moment he leaves office.

If we cannot have justice, he should not have peace.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Cash is what rules elections, and elections is how elected officials get into office

to make or unmake the laws.

I hope the people we end up electing will undo the fucked up laws.....like DADT.

[Prism]

4. Me too!

I'm sort of excited to see who the next president will be after Obama. Maybe he or she will end DADT.

[FrenchieCat]

5. I'll bookmark this!

and hope for the best for you and ours. :hi:

[mitchtv]

6. I hope people keep their word

no one can live on hope

[pgodbold]

7. Wonderful post. Thank you. nt