Ducks - You say that like it's a bad thing.

I'm still excited for True Blood tonight, but... there is so much negativity and betrayal and horror in the news today that I can't seem to get out from under it. The struggle to free the two journalists from North Korea, the kid arrested for horribly killing and mutilating cats in Florida, Obama not only DEFENDING DOMA (against his own campaign promises) but EQUATING GAY MARRIAGE WITH MARRYING CHILDREN AND INCEST along with saying DOMA is a MONEY SAVING MEASURE. (And that fact that there is NOT ONE HEADLINE about this in the mainstream press, only Alt and LGBTQ news!)

That last one just... crushes me. I had such hope and faith in Obama that he was at least honest and would follow through on his most vehement campaign promises... but he is demonstrating time and time again that he is NOT a friend of the Queer community. That just... makes all of his Change rhetoric, his promises to uphold civil rights for everyone... just typical lip service from a typical politician. That fucking breaks my heart, man. All these years I was so cynical about American politics, and Obama made me hope again. I never thought he was a messiah or anything foolish like that. I just thought he was DIFFERENT. PROGRESSIVE.

But viola: I'm just fucking naive, caught with my pants down, asking too much of a bunch of corrupt human beings playing corrupt, un-winnable games, AGAIN.

I'm sorry, I can't even be arsed to put up links. Go check Queerty. Oh, here's one: http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/obama-justice-department-defends-doma.html

And it's flag day, hurrah.

Feel free to discuss. I'm going back to bed.