Gay man joins Obama’s faith-based council, becomes council’s second gay member

[Boomerang Diddle]

President Obama has selected a gay man and Human Rights Campaign staffer to serve on his Advisory Council on Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships.

Harry Knox, the new appointee, was among the eight people announced Monday who are on the now 25-member council. Knox said he was “humbled by the invitation” in a statement.

“I hope this council will draw upon the richness of our unique perspectives to advise the president on policies that will improve the lives of all the people we have been called to serve,” he said.

“The community is eager to help the administration achieve its goals around economic recovery and fighting poverty; fatherhood and healthy families; inter-religious dialogue; care for the environment; and global poverty, health and development.”

The group is charged with being a federal resource for secular and faith-based community organizations, as well as helping groups increase their impact and understand their obligations under the law, according to a White House statement.

Knox is not the only gay man on the council. In February, Obama selected Fred Davie to serve on the group. Davie is gay and president of Public/Private Ventures, an organization that helps low-income families.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=24867

[Deja Q]

1. K&R

[Reeta77]

2. K&R - n/t.

[BuyingThyme]

3. Fuck him and anybody else who supports this shit.

That is all.

[KamaAina]

4. Could this be why Tony Dungy begged off?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5403758&mesg_id=5403758

The former NFL coach is a notorious homophobe who might have been worried about catching Teh Ghey.

[BlooInBloo]

5. :)

[msongs]

6. hey, here's a good idea! let's give out bibles with each good deed this council does nt

[Political Tiger]

7. Not just Bibles.

I'm not happy about this "faith based" initiative either, but if we are going have such a thing, I think we should at least find some comfort in the fact President Obama has gone out of his way to make it as diverse as possible by including secular people and people of different faiths, and even including two gay people.

Do you think a President McCain would have done this?