Interesting Quotes: Steve Hildebrand

• I would encourage gays and straights alike to put pressure on President Obama, on his administration, to call for action -- immediate action on the laundry list of items that the gay community deserves for true equality in this country. What I don't like is the suggestion by a lot of people that this guy has lied to us and that he isn't fulfilling his campaign promises, when he's only been in office for five months. He can't change the world overnight and -- I'm doing my best to say this without providing excuses -- but this is a president who was handed a larger number of really big issues to deal with at the beginning of his presidency than any other president in history. He's got to get an economy moving, he's got to get the troops out of Iraq, there's a lot of big, big problems. At the same time, he is working within his administration to try and get in a position to get some meaningful things done to help the gay community achieve equality. That does not preclude any suggestion that we should not keep up the pressure. He has told me, and he has told ... staff in the White House that pressure's a good thing, so people should continue to do

• I told him very clearly that many in the gay community across the country are getting very anxious and that folks have felt very hurt by the Justice Department brief -- the language that was used in it. He reassured me that he will not disappoint the gay community during his time as president, that the promises he made during the campaign are promises he will fulfill, and he was very forthright about his commitment to equality."

• (President Obama) did not read the ... pathetic (marriage) brief in advance but he subsequently has read the brief and was not happy at all with both the direction as well as the language that was used."

Interesting quotes from this man. It's good to hear this.

Also I wanted to point out that Steve TALKED to Obama. Many gay bloggers claim to have sources within the White House or they heard something from somebody mopping the floors at the DNC fundraiser...it's hearsay and rumors (I'm talking about Pam's house blend and AMERICAblog)

This is coming from Obama. He was not happy with the brief and he did not like the language. So in someways this piece of info debunks the whole "Obama thinks we are pedophiles and incest lovers"

Now, I can hear someone say...Well how do we know Obama said that?
And I would say...I don't know, you trusted all the negative things you heard about Obama. Can you trust the positive things too?

Hopefully, this the beginning of the end of this hate tirade.

Thanks to Rex Wockner for this interview.