Beautiful segment today with Cleve Jones on Amy's show.

[EFerrari]

Plus, Cliff Alexander, former Army Sec, who says DADT is an absurdity bordering on an obscenity.

As Criticism of Obama Mounts within Gay Community, Gay Rights Pioneer Cleve Jones Calls for March for Equality on Washington


On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum to extend some, but not all, benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Comprehensive healthcare, for example, is not included. President Obama’s promise to work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, Wednesday came one week after his administration filed a controversial legal brief supporting DOMA, an action which greatly disappointed activists fighting for marriage equality. We speak with Cleve Jones, one of the giants of the gay rights and AIDS awareness movements. He is the founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and the co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. In the 1970s, Cleve Jones was a friend of the gay rights leader Harvey Milk.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/19/as_criticism_of_obama_mounts_within

Audio, video and transcript at link.

[EFerrari]

1. Fyi, Amy ends the segment with a little clip of Elizabeth Alexander's reading

at the inaugural:

Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,
others by first do no harm or take no more
than you need. What if the mightiest word is love?

Love beyond marital, filial, national,
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.

Elizabeth Alexander is Gen. Clifford Alexander's daughter. Who knew. :)

[shadowknows69]

2. Fractions of equality

That sums it up perfectly. Talk is cheap on DOMA Mr. President.

[plantwomyn]

3. That is the exact phrase that hit me the hardest.

When I saw this that phrase was an epiphany. No more fractions. No more wait your turn.