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Obama faces growing anger on the left
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8/31/2009
"One of the constituencies in which Mr. Obama needs firm support is the gay community. The president was elected with enormous financial and organizational support from gay voters, in part because of a campaign platform that included promises to push through legislation broadening the definition of those covered by hate crimes laws, outlawing workplace discrimination based on an employee's sexual orientation, and repealing the 16-year-old Pentagon policy known as 'don't ask don't tell.'
"...'There's a lot of frustration with the pace of change,' said Kevin Cathcart, executive director of Lambda Legal, a gay advocacy group that has been urging the president to at least halt enforcement of the policy. 'We disappeared from the radar screen after the election.'"
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