A few gay updates

Former Obama deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand seems to agree with Joe and me that Obama can and should oppose DOMA in the next brief the DOJ files. Hildebrand seems to contradict Gibbs, says Obama wasn't pleased once he actually read the DOMA brief, while Gibbs recently implied that Obama stood behind the brief.

Same sex marriages performed in other states are now legally recognized in DC. Note that the Republicans didn't do or say squat about this. The GOP seems to be avoiding social issues at all costs. One might argue that this would therefore be an opportune time to push such issues, so as to follow through on one's promises at a time that the opposition doesn't have the stomach for a fight, and to make the GOP squirm at the same time.

Ft. Worth police brutality victim speaks out.