What's interesting is that Joe and I didn't really include the DSCC and the DCCC in our DADG campaign. Only because it helps to limit your targets, so you can stay focused, and the DNC, Organizing for America, and President Obama have all three either gone back on promises to our community, snubbed our community, or harmed our community. Still, I'm hearing from a number of readers who have sent similar messages to the DSCC. These messages help.
Greg gave me permission to republish his name and email:
From: Greg Fickas
Date: December 1, 2009 11:06:47 AM CST
To: info@dscc.org
Cc: John Aravosis
Subject: Re: quick note
Dear J.B.,
As a gay American I have taken the Don't Ask Don't Give Pledge. This administration made promises to the LGBT community that it has not only failed to keep, but has worsened through actions such as its insulting and homophobic legal defense of DOMA which compares same-sex marriage to pedophilia and incest.
The LGBT community was proud to support candidate Obama, but President Obama's record on LGBT issues so far has been very poor. In fact, it started out poorly from his inauguration when homophobic bigot Rev. Rich Warren was invited to give the invocation. It should also be noted that the very same Rick Warren has as yet failed to condemn pending legislation in Uganda that would criminalize homosexuality with penalties of life imprisonment and death and even penalties of prison for individuals who fail to report on their friends and family members whom they suspect being homosexual. What is the President's position on this barbarism that will terrorize a segment of the Ugandan population and which is condoned by the man who gave the invocation at his inauguration?
I'm sorry it has to be this way, but this is a civil rights issue that the administration simply must address. Until there is progress on these LGBT issues and more, I will no longer be making any more contributions to the DSCC.
Sincerely,
Greg Fickas
Centennial, Colorado
--- On Mon, 11/30/09, J.B. Poersch wrote:
From: J.B. Poersch
Subject: quick note
To: greg
Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 6:56 PM
Friends,
I need your help right now. The DSCC's November fundraising deadline is midnight, and Republicans stand ready to defeat health reform and destroy us. If we don't match their intensity, we'll lose this argument - and our majority.
Click here to donate, and a group of senators will chip in the same amount. Even $5 will make a difference.
Thanks for your help.
J.B.
BTW, donate today, and you'll get 20% off in the DSCC Store.
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