White House Does [Disingenuous] Diplomacy With Gay Rights Community

On Tuesday Barack Obama will be hosting a White House event purporting to celebrate LBGT Pride Month. Do I believe the White House has good intentions by this soiree, or is this merely yet another case of cynical and disingenuous manipulation of the LGBT community by President Obama? Sadly, I suspect that it's the latter. Admittedly, Obama seems to have wised up and received the message that HRC and other administration cheerleaders and apologists in the LGBT community do not represent rant and file LGBT Americans. Every time Joe Solmonese tells Obama that all is well, a new shit storm seems to erupt and splashes across the White House and Congressional Democrats. I guess it's a plus that Obama is learning, but a straight forward repeal of DADT and passage of ENDA would do far more to re-win my support. Huffington Post looks at the opcoming soiree. Here are some highlights:
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The Obama administration is making a series of diplomatic and political gestures of good will this week to the gay rights community with which it has occasionally clashed.
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On Tuesday, the White House is set to host an event celebrating LBGT Pride Month. There was some confusion as to whether the president would show up at the ceremony. But an administration official tells the Huffington Post that he will give short remarks.
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"[H]e is expected to deliver brief remarks," the aide said. "Invited guests include elected officials, state and local community leaders, and LGBT Americans from communities across the country -- including many youth -- who have stood up for equality."
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The actually invitation list is not yet known, nor would the administration official elaborate. But it stands to reason that it will be chosen delicately. The president has been interrupted routinely in public forums by gay rights protesters who insist he hasn't gone far enough on the topic of repealing the military's ban on open service.
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One activist emailed that he expects there to be a "look back" at what the White House has accomplished. But there is more that the president can do in address with respect to future activity.
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I will not pretend to be on the invite list. But if I were, I would attend merely in order to deliver my words of dissatisfaction and condemnation personally.