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'Glee's Jane Lynch: Obama 'just nicely walking the middle' on gay issues
"Glee" star Jane Lynch and "It Get's Better" campaign founder Dan Savage recently got together for a State of the Gay Union with Newsweek, and among the issues addressed in their conversation is their mutual disappointment with the progress under President Barack Obama.
"We thought the great hope of Obama was going to magically change all that," says Lynch of gay issues like marriage, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and bullying. "He's just nicely walking the middle."The interview took place before the Dec.19 Senate vote to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but both Lynch and Savage see the problems as much greater.
"As a gay person, I don't want to be separate from the rest of the world," says Lynch. "I remember I went to a lesbian event when I first moved here to Los Angeles, and this woman said to me, "Oh, it's just for us." I didn't like that at all. I want to be in the human community. I don't want to be separate."
Moving beyond politics, Lynch speaks candidly about how sexuality hasn't interfered with her own career, but remains a problem in film and television for many gay actors. "I can be gay as a character actor," Lynch says, "but I don't think Julia Roberts can be right now. I think when you're projecting your hopes and dreams for romantic love onto an actor, knowing they're gay...Well, you have to think there's some chance this could actually happen."
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Gay people should stop telling people who disagree with them that they're "unamerican", that would be a good start.
why does the gay community think that Obama was JUST working for them??? did they think that all the money they donated to his campaign was going to get them a Pres. that exclusively for them....a lot of people do NOT agree with the gay agenda.
Equality for ALL is the gay agenda, as well as THE definition of America and what it stands for.
If you do not believe that all Americans deserve equal rights, then you ARE un-American...and also a bigot.
It is very American to tell one segment of the population that their beliefs and values are wrong if they do not fit yours.
Grow up!
Blah, blah, freedom of speech, blah....Your opinion, beliefs and values have NOTHING to do with EVERY American deserving to have equal rights.
You are entitled to your beliefs and values, the same as I am mine. That is what makes us American.
Educate yourself!
If you want to be treated like everyone else stop doing articles like this to separate yourself.
Why should we be concerned with what celebrities say and do? We know Obama's position on DADT--he wanted it repealed by Congress not the court system. He is a very pro gay president. That being said, he is not a dictator who can just decree everything as law because he thinks so. There's the little matter of a very dysfunctional Congress and the just say no to everything Republicans. Give Obama some slack.
>>if you do not believe that all Americans deserve equal rights, then you ARE un-American...and also a bigot.
Really? Let's test that theory: I have the right to own a firearm; a six year-old does not. I agree with that, does that make me "un-American"? I have the right to vote; a convicted felon does not. I agree with that too. Does that make me "un-American" AND a bigot? No, every American does not deserve EVERY right. We don't live in that world of absolutes.
I disagree that "equality" is the definition of America. Equality of OPPORTUNITY is the definition of America. You are not guaranteed the exact same wealth, success, happiness, etc. as the next person. I might want two or three spouses because I feel it would make me happy. Society insists I stick with just one. I don't consider society to be a bunch of 'bigots' just because they disagree with me.
Your side needs to learn tolerance. "Tolerance" means you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and we respect each other's right to believe differently. Unfortunately your side confuses "tolerance" with "see things like I do or you're racist/sexist/homophobic/islamophobic/bigoted/etc".
How nice it must be for all of you to be so involved that you take time to write your comments on a freaking entertainment website. When was the last time any of you ***** actually voted???
How nice it must be for all of you to be so involved that you take time to write your comments on a freaking entertainment website. When was the last time any of you morons actually voted???