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Gay News: Actor Alan Cumming has said that President Obama has done "diddly squat" for gay rights
By: Nigel Robinson
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming blasts Obama on gay rights record
25 October 2010
The Scottish actor and star of the X Men movies was speaking about Obama’s apparent reluctance to repeal the controversial “don’t ask don’t tell” policy which bars any openly gay man or women from serving in the US military.
President Obama has said that he is in favour of repealing the policy but prefers to do so by an act of Congress rather than through the courts.
Cumming, who has previously been a vocal supporter of Obama and even took up US citizenship so that he could vote for him, questioned the President’s commitment to gay rights.
“We keep hearing that Obama is an ally, that ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ will end under his watch,” the 42 year old actor said in a statement, “but what do we actually get?.
“Diddly squat thus far on a federal level, and in addition to that some very offensive statements that would have made the Republicans look bad.”
“When America is full of hatred of all kinds, but especially hatred towards young gay people, what message is the President sending when he repeatedly goes out of his way to spread the message that the gay population is not worthy of the respect that everyone else is?
“How can we counsel our children not to bully their gay classmates or mock their gay friends when they see their President, their beloved President Obama, refusing to do the equivalent in regards to troops and other adults?”
