HRC Just Granted Obama an Absolutely Horrific 7-Year Pass on Gay Rights

If there was any doubt the Human Rights Campaign was colluding with Democrats and the White House to give Barack Obama a pass on your civil rights, confirmation arrived yesterday, when the organization told its "millions" of members not to judge the president today, but wait until January 19, 2017. Yes, more than seven years from now.

Solmonese is saying we will judge Obama's legacy on that date. But you know who can't wait for 2017 for Obama to come around? The same people who supposedly aren't facing "immediate threats" to their civil rights: American soldiers, parents who yearn to adopt, couples who are not attached under the law, employees who can be fired at a moment's notice because they are queer.

HRC may be comfortable "looking back" at some point in the future, but that's not good enough for millions of us who don't have seven years to putz around and, fingers crossed, expect a man to come to our aid. We certainly share Solmonese's hope: That when Obama is done as commander-in-chief, we'll wave goodbye to a man who helped enact the most progressive slate of gay rights legislation in this country's history. But we don't expect too much from a guy who doesn't (publicly) think we're entitled to the M-word.

We're not in the business of building Obama's legacy. We're in the business of making sure we're all treated like any other America. We're not quite sure where HRC's mission falls.

Maybe the protests arranged for tonight's HRC dinner shouldn't be aimed at the president, but at America's "largest" Gay Inc. organization.

UPDATE: Joe sends this update, clarifying:

I’ve seen some reactions to my weekly message, that I gave the President a free pass not to fulfill his campaign promises until 2017.

Here’s something from what I wrote that the authors didn’t include in their pieces: “I predict great things coming out of our work with this President, but that does not mean that I am satisfied today. Our community cannot be satisfied so long as DOMA is on the books and an inclusive ENDA is not. “I am not satisfied. HRC is not satisfied.”