Bastian Latest to Snub DNC

We will also need to stop giving our hard earned dollars to the DNC or any Democrat at this time. Myself, my partner of 15 yrs. and our 15 year old son were very (and I mean VERY) active in the party since 2000 and it was a good experience for our son, he learned a lot. Now our son sees that the new government does not care about our family any more than the old government did. I still remember his face when this administration won the elections, he was so happy that we had accomplished something great and that he was a part of it. Now he sees his hopes are vanishing and it saddens and angers him. I/we hope that the party will understand that we are people and some of us are people with families, not just Anonymous donors to THEIR causes. My family are on a new mission to shop and buy only at places that we are welcomed and loved, we must stop giving our money to people, companies and businesses that take our money and use it against us.

Maybe, like disenfranchised Iranians, we need to stage a day of mourning.

Democrats have betrayed us. I hope we can give them notice. I am a democrat no more. NO Money to these traitors. Obama is a Rick Warren Bigot I wont vote for him again

Bravo Mr. Bastian. I am following your lead. Not another dime!

"I will continue to support certain congressmen, congresswomen, and senators whom I believe will continue to fight for our rights, but I don't think blanket donations to the Democratic Party right now are justified." I would add groups like Progressive Democrats of America to Bastian's list. Blanket party donations were never a good idea. It's far better to target support to progressive individuals and groups, rather than spread them out to the entire political party, which has strong and weak members and priorities that may differ from yours. The thing is, you can't be lazy. You gotta do your homework. There are many good Democratic politicians that deserve support, and even as an independent, I think it would be a huge mistake to abandon them over the actions of their fellow party members.

Again after the party gets into power they forget about the people who put them there! I have heard enough about its not time ,Im ready to take a seat at the front of the Bus and not for any crumbs Obama may throw our way off the table, Enough is enough!

nothing will happen until we all start calling and writing our reps. as much anger as i see here and then also hear from my friends in florida when asked if they spoke up about it they say "no what good will that do" . speak up now , send that email, get off of manhunt long enough to do something. these people in florida are so worried about the next club or the next drug infested party they could care less about rights. i to voted for obama but will not do it next time. i have already stopped giving what little crumbs of money i can afford ( like they care about my 10 or 20 dollars i can occasionally afford to send)

be mad all you want about obama and this brief, but don't let the right wing dictate the conversation about who is deserving of rights and benefits. let's watch our rhetoric - it's not "insulting" to be compared to a range of other unmarried families who may in fact be blood related. we can't build a movement for "equality" that honors only couples when the majority of american households are unmarried, pooling their resoureces and caring for each other the same way we same-sex couples do. many are indeed blood related and they, too are screwed by marriage laws, not receiving benefits for the economic support and responsibility they give each other. we need not insult them by saying their households are "incestuous" just because they are trying to get by with the family they have. there's a reason it sometimes looks like we want 'special' rights, and until we address how we denigrate other unprotected families with our rhetoric, we aren't going to win this war.

The most constructive thing we can do is to form an organization to boycott the 2010 and 2012 elections except for candidates of either party with a PROVEN TRACK RECORD on our issues. If we can cause even a 5% drop in the total Democratic Party vote, some of these homophobic clowns will be unemployed., and our point will have been made. Sure we'll suffer under the GOP, but so will all the other members of the Democratic coalition. I think suffering should be shared equally by everyone. I'm sick and tired of being a member of the only group in this position. And, BRAVO to Bruce Bastian and the other GLBT rich people who are boycotting this upcoming fundraiser. It's the most constructive thing I've seen in years. We have got to stop giving blanket contributions to the Democratic Party, which is clearly full of homophobes.

Allen, stop buying their propaganda about the motion being "written by a mormon" and by "bush holdouts". The motion was filed last week, but the hearing in the matter isn't until August (check the brief yourself, the date is on it) There is nothing stopping the DOJ from withdrawing the motion, and even if you still believe they are "obliged" to support the law, they could withdraw it and let someone who isn't mormon or a bush holdover resubmit it with less heinous language. Of course they won't because the bs about it being some underhanded plot is pure hogwash. Obama and his DOJ were well aware of what was in that brief, and supported it entirely.