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President Obama fails to quell gay uproar (JOSH GERSTEIN & BEN SMITH, 6/18/09, Politico)

President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday offering limited benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees failed to quell growing anger in the gay community that gay rights issues were getting short shrift at the White House.

In fact, Obama’s promise to offer ancillary employee benefits — such as long-term-care insurance and the right to use sick leave to care for domestic partners — while still denying more valuable benefits, such as health insurance and retirement funds, may have further agitated gay and lesbian activists who were already fuming over other perceived snubs.

...it's as if he's bucking up his support amongst blacks and Hispanics.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 18, 2009 6:26 AM