After much uncertainty Equality Across America the new grassroots network calling for Federal action to protect the rights of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender Americans has moved forward with plans for a massive national day of activity on Sunday October 11 2009 nbsp On Oct 10 11 2009 we will meet in Washington D C from all across America to let our elected leaders recognize that now is the time for full equal rights for LGBT people This is simply a major national strategy to kick start our national grassroots Equality Across America campaign We will gather We will strategize We will march And we will leave energize

and empowered to do the influence that needs to be through in every community across the nation This is only the beginning We desire to see a change in strategy to one that will secure full equality in all 50 states We reckon backwards to 1963 and 64 when the historic civic rights movement made its transition from fighting local battles to winning national victory with the passage of the civil rights act It acirc 8364 8482 s time for that passage for LGBT Americans Major national LGBT organizations including the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches MCC have endorsed the process as have local and state grassroots organizations like Join the Impact Chicago One Struggle One Fight and Freedom Democrats of Miami Dade It will be HUGE In nbsp other nbsp gay political news former President Bill Clinton said Aug 13 that he regrets the way his Don t Ask Don t Tell military gay ban was implemented and that he doesn acirc 8364 8482 t like the Denial of Marriage Act he signed into law Well thanks Bill nbsp it s a small late now But in both cases it was the lesser of 2 evils He nbsp added that and I am proud to say that the Land Department was the first federal department to restore benefits to gay partners in the Obama administration and I believe we are going forth in the right direction now for federal employees acirc 8364 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp