Get EQUAL - Fight Back and Hold People Accountablequal:

As regular readers know, I am beyond over the worthless rhetoric and total lack of meaningful action that seems to be all that most of the national Democratic Party establishment gives back to LGBT citizens who have consistently provided money and votes based on promises of legislative action. As the LGBT liaison to the local Democratic committee, I let loose on Tuesday night and basically laid out the reasoning of the "Don't Ask, Don't Give" campaign to turn off the gAy TM and indicated that the representatives of the three congressional candidates needed to provide me with information on what each had actually done in terms f votes, etc., to justify LGBT support. In short, I said don't use the same tired GOP boogieman argument because I and most of my LGBT friends are beyond over it. In keeping with this mindset, GetEQUAL has launched a campaign to hold leaders in the Democratic Party accountable for the non-delivery of promised action after going on nearly two years of Democrat control of Congress and the White House. You can go here to name the Congressional leader you believe needs to be held most responsible for the total failure to keep promises. Here are some highlights:
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Our so-called "friends" in Congress who are stumping for re-election, speaking at our Pride events and addressing our organizational galas have promised passage of ENDA month after month, and year after year. Why are we allowing our "friends" to collect awards and accolades while breaking their promises?
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It may not be nice and it certainly won't get us invited to any fancy Washington cocktail parties, but we aren't going down without a fight! To us, the silence is deafening and we want you to help us do something about it.
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Who do you think we should hold accountable? http://getequal.org/accountable.php
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Should it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has promised us since May that a vote will happen by the second week of June?
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Should it be Rep. Barney Frank, who said "we will get this [ENDA] done fairly quickly," but then called GetEQUAL's pressuring tactics "immature" and "tacky"?
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Should it be Rep. George Miller, who heads the House Education and Labor Committee and has said via a spokesperson "he intends to get to it [ENDA] very shortly?"
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Should it be Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said that he will "fight hard for the votes to get it passed," but who has failed thus far to pressure the last few Senators for their votes?
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We're launching direct actions immediately and want to give you the opportunity to decide who is at the top of your list.