I still contend that hate crimes legislation, slowly winding its way through the U.S. Congress (and now an amendment to a Tourism bill~!) is more important for every American than the "sexy" issue of same-sex marriage. I still contend that ENDA should be enacted and DADT repealed THIS YEAR, not sometime in the fuzzy math of the future.

But talk about being overwhelmed by events...

In just the past two days, our nation's capital has went from RuPaul, Martha Wash and Capital Pride to a smackdown on LGBTQ issues. From the D.C. Board of Elections just saying NO to a proposed voter referendum suspending recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere to the allegations that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he does not have ANY senator willing to sponsor the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - this town is hitting the ceiling on the perceived betrayal of the Democratically-controlled executive and legislative branches of government.

Can you say "close our purse strings" to the Democratic Party, the Obama administration and any and every senator in every state? Oh yeah - except the tax-paying residents of our nation's capital which don't have any voting representation in Congress - YET.

I'm going to go bang my head against the wall some more, as I have more important things to do than watch this administration rip out our gay hearts and serve them to us on a platter. As the New York Times editorial says at the end:

But busy calendars and political expediency are no excuse for making one group of Americans wait any longer for equal rights.