Those of you who know me know that I have been very critical of President Obama in several diaries and comments ranging from civil liberties, torture and torture prosecutions, healthcare, and LGBT rights.
This past week, however, we have seen several low-hanging pieces of fruit plucked from the tree of LGBT agenda items.
First, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act became law, and for the first time the US government recognizes the rights of LGBT citizens (sexual orientation perceived or otherwise, gender identity) to not only exist, but to exist without harm inflicted upon us.
Today, President Obama continued this momentum by completing the lifting of the HIV travel ban.
UPDATE Given some of the sadly not-so-shocking negative kossack commentary below, I've added a poll.
UPDATE II Can someone help me with the video embed? For some reason the editor is changing the IFRAME tag to 'lt' and 'gt' tags so the videos don't show up. :(
UPDATE III Video fixed. Thanks wader!