{"id":1782,"date":"2009-10-16T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2012-04-03T21:11:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T04:11:03","slug":"just-as-real-and-admirable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/just-as-real-and-admirable\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Just as Real and Admirable&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frankly, I was astounded to read this earlier this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it happened Saturday night. I didn&#8217;t learn about it till this morning. Lemme see &#8212; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday &#8212; six days later. And I don&#8217;t exactly stay isolated from the news.<\/p>\n<p>Has this story been buried?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Obama delivered an unprecedented message to the Human Rights Campaign Saturday night. Sounding more like a homosexual activist than a sitting president, Obama went well beyond his expected message of \u201cI\u2019m here with you\u201d on the homosexual agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians &#8212; whether in the office or on the battlefield,\u201d Obama told an estimated audience of 3,000. \u201cYou will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese was stunned at the breadth of  Obama&#8217;s statement, calling it \u201csomething quite remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a historic night when we felt the full embrace and commitment of the President of the United States,\u201d Solmonese said in a post-speech statement. \u201cIt\u2019s simply unprecedented.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds like the folks at Human Rights Campaign got far more hope and change than they dared expect.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, America!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"verse\">&#8220;Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"verse\">&#8220;Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"verse\">&#8220;If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"verse\">&#8220;But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it&#8221;<\/span> (Isaiah 1:10,16,19,20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my source: <a href='http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/55346'>Obama: Homosexual Relationships \u2018Just as Real and Admirable\u2019 as Heterosexual Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankly, I was astounded to read this earlier this morning. Furthermore, it happened Saturday night. I didn&#8217;t learn about it till this morning. Lemme see &#8212; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday &#8212; six days later. And I don&#8217;t exactly stay isolated from the news. Has this story been buried? 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