January 30, 2010 - President Obama, after one year in office, has disappointed the gay community by still not taking measures to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"  military policy. During the Presidential election Obama has said he opposed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The policy was introduced as a compromise measure in 1993 and approved by then President Bill Clinton, who initially sought to overturn the longstanding ban on gays in the military. Clinton ended up enacting the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy that made it illegal for commanders to ask about the sexual orientation of service members, who were also barred from announcing they were homosexual. If a service member's homosexuality becomes known anyway, he or she is expelled.
F: When first voted into office, many in the gay community were certain that Obama would have overturned this policy by now. But even after 76 House Democrats signed a letter on June 22, 2009 urging Obama to halt military discharges of gay and lesbian service members, Obama has not acted. Obama's first six months in office alone, there have been more than 250 gay and lesbian service members who have been discharged under the current law. Yes, there is still much time in Obama's presidential tenure to repeal the rule, but will it be too little too late as far as the gay community is concerned? 

- March 18, 2009 – President Obama formally endorses a U.N. gay rights resolution calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former President George W. Bush had refused to sign. The move was the administration's latest in reversing Bush-era decisions that have been heavily criticized by human- rights groups and others. Bush expressed concern that some parts of the declaration might be problematic in committing the federal government on matters that fall under state jurisdiction. The U.S. was the only Western nation not to sign onto the declaration when it came up at the U.N. General Assembly in December 2008. Seventy U.N. members outlaw homosexuality and in several, homosexual acts can be punished by execution. More than 50 nations, including members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, opposed the declaration
B: Obama has made the right decision here. The US, who is the world leader in human rights issues should approve of such a measure. However, actions do speak louder than words. America already has laws into place where criminalization of homosexuality is prohibited. So endorsing this UN resolution does nothing in regards to changing US human rights laws except for the open possibility now encouraging the federal government to illegally override state jurisdiction.

- Jan 20, 2009 - As President Obama takes office his stance on same sex (gay) marriage is very clear. He is against gay marriage but supports legislation that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. He also supports civil unions (as opposed to “marriage”) for gays as long as these civil unions provide all of the same benefits that are given to married heterosexual couples. There are still many states in America (as well as many other countries) that do not offer civil unions or benefits such as ones that are provided to married couples.
A: It is wrong to discriminate against someone solely based on their sexual orientation. In this particular instance, Obama has it right. Gays should be provided the same equal rights as heterosexuals including the same benefits and therefore the name of the partnership should be irrelevant to people. Marriage is traditionally defined ONLY between a man and a woman and so the definition should remain that way. Many conservatives believe that the greater push for legalizing same sex marriage (after already recognizing, accepting and opting for civil unions) has a much larger hidden agenda by the liberal activists and gay right advocates.